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Canada's public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed data such as cell-tower location to monitor people’s activity during lockdown, it said
Author of the article: Swikar Oli
Publishing date:
Dec 24, 2021 • 5 hours ago
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed location data from 33 million mobile devices to monitor people’s movement during lockdown, the agency revealed this week.
“Due to the urgency of the pandemic, (PHAC) collected and used mobility data, such as cell-tower location data, throughout the COVID-19 response,” a spokesperson told National Post. The program’s existence was first brought to wider attention by Blacklock’s Reporter
PHAC used the location data to evaluate the effectiveness of public lockdown measures and allow the Agency to “understand possible links between movement of populations within Canada and spread of COVID-19,” the spokesperson said.
In March, the Agency awarded a contract to the Telus Data For Good program to provide “de-identified and aggregated data” of movement trends in Canada. The contract expired in October and PHAC no longer has access to the location data, the spokesperson said...
Canada's public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed data such as cell-tower location to monitor people’s activity during lockdown, it said
Author of the article: Swikar Oli
Publishing date:
Dec 24, 2021 • 5 hours ago
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed location data from 33 million mobile devices to monitor people’s movement during lockdown, the agency revealed this week.
“Due to the urgency of the pandemic, (PHAC) collected and used mobility data, such as cell-tower location data, throughout the COVID-19 response,” a spokesperson told National Post. The program’s existence was first brought to wider attention by Blacklock’s Reporter
PHAC used the location data to evaluate the effectiveness of public lockdown measures and allow the Agency to “understand possible links between movement of populations within Canada and spread of COVID-19,” the spokesperson said.
In March, the Agency awarded a contract to the Telus Data For Good program to provide “de-identified and aggregated data” of movement trends in Canada. The contract expired in October and PHAC no longer has access to the location data, the spokesperson said...