1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i “Tracing Papers”: A Comparison of COVID-19 Data Privacy Bills June 26, 2020 As COVID-19 continues to spread, many public health authorities are turning to contact tracingmeasures to identify, notify, and
2、monitor infected individuals contactsto track potential COVID-19 exposure. Along with conventional techniques, technology companies, including Google and Apple, are developing digital contact-tracing and exposure notification tools. In addition, Congress has appropriated emergency funds to help faci
3、litate contact-tracing efforts. But the idea of using personal informationincluding cell phone and location datato track COVID-19 exposure has prompted groups such as the ACLU to raise privacy concerns and call for the protection of individuals privacy and anonymity. In response, Members of Congress
4、 have introduced four data privacy bills addressing digital contact-tracing and exposure notification: the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 (CCDPA), S. 3663, introduced by Senators Roger Wicker, John Thune, Jerry Moran, Marsha Blackburn, and Deb Fischer on May 7, 2020; the Public Health
