Google and Apple's COVID-19 Plans Under the Microscope

Google and Apple’s plan to team up to create new contact tracing technology to combat the coronavirus is already raising eyebrows among key policymakers in Washington. “Tech companies’ new feature to contact trace coronavirus cases has positive potential, but we must ensure privacy concerns are considered,” said House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ). “I’ll be following this closely to ensure consumer privacy is protected.” Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, broadly touched on the issue in his newly released proposal to “safely reopen America.” In outlining his plan, Biden calls for a “contact tracing strategy that protects privacy.”