Canada teams up with Shopify and BlackBerry on virus tracing app
Privacy concerns have slowed tracing app development in Europe
18 June 2020 - 21:53
Toronto — Canada is partnering with Shopify volunteers and BlackBerry on a contact tracing application for Covid-19 as cases in the country breached 100,000.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said users will be able to upload their test results voluntarily onto the app. All data will be kept anonymous, with no location or personal information collected...
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