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Venezuela: Government ramps up quarantine enforcement

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Panama adopts gender-based quarantine laws

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UK: Private companies data-mine NHS databases to build predictive computer models

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Quarantine surveillance in Taiwan means your phone must be on

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US: West Virginia Researchers test Oura Rings to predict COVID-19 infection

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US: Kansas and other states track lockdown compliance via Unacast analytics

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Russia: Moscow plans to use smartphone geolocation to track foreign visitors

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Peru orders gender-based quarantine schedule

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Pakistan: Patient data held by Balochistan health authorities leaks to social media

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Norwegian contact tracing app blames Apple design for centralised GPS location database

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Kenya tracks mobile phones for quarantine enforcement

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Kazakhstan uses electronic surveillance to enforce quarantine

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Guatemalan health information app collects personal data

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German health project uses smartwatches and fitness wristbands for symptom spotting

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Egyptian politician proposes app identifying COVID-19 patients

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China: Guangzhou installs temperature and identity-checking tablet on buses

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Cambodia grants leader extreme power

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Bangladeshi start-up claims facial recognition system works for mask-wearers

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Australia: Vodafone gives government location data

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Afghanistan launches health information and self-evaluation app

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Google publishes mobility reports to show population movements around the world

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Apple and Google partner to create interoperable platform for contact tracing

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South Africa: Government revises phone tracking plans 

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Online hub collects projects using personal data to combat COVID-19

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Uzbekistan confiscates mobile phones from quarantined individuals 

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US waives HIPAA violation penalties to enable new technologies 

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US: Bellevue, WA police issue app to collect neighbour complaints about lockdown violators

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US: Adtech supplies CDC and local governments with geolocation data

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UK HSC waives patient confidentiality for any coronavirus-related reason

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UK Home Office grants new police lockdown enforcement powers