Globally, several organizations are working on solutions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been an uptick in the development of contact tracing apps. Last week, the European Parliament demanded that contact tracing apps store data in a decentralized manner. It recommended that a common EU approach is essential for the use of contact tracing apps.
But the issue of decentralization has become a contentious topic with a pan European initiative making decentralization optional and some universities withdrawing.
One of the reasons for the EU parliament’s demand is that people may be reluctant to adopt contact tracing apps if there’s insufficient data privacy.
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