Published April 24, 2020
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Apple and Google say they will shut down their coronavirus contact tracing app after the pandemic is under control, as the tech giants strive to address ongoing privacy concerns about the effort.
The two Silicon Valley giants on Friday announced a series of adjustments in the effort that they've dubbed "Exposure Notification" -- meant to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19 -- which is set to begin its first phase next month.
Among the main points published in a document called Frequently Asked Questions were:
The document also noted:
"Exposure Notification makes it possible to combat the spread of the spread of the coronavirus -- the pathogen that causes COVID-19 -- by alerting participants about possible exposure to someone they have recently been in contact with, who has subsequently been positively diagnosed as having the virus," the companies state in the document.
Worldwide more than 2.7 million people worldwide have been infected with coronavirus and at least 194,456 killed in the pandemic.
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