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2 March 2021

Google and the University of Oxford launch global Covid-19 tracker platform

Google.org, along with the University of Oxford, have launched a global data repository to help track Covid-19 variants and future
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21 December 2020

European Commission gives green light to Google’s Fitbit takeover

Google has made a series of commitments to address competition concerns, including that it will not use data gathered by
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10 December 2020

National Institute for Health Research turns to Google to improve digital

Using Google Workspace the National Institute for Health Research has been able to bring multiple physical location under the one
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NHS Covid-19 App
16 October 2020

NHS Covid-19 App updated to fix disappearing exposure alerts

The messages were caused by default privacy notifications from Apple and Google to alert users their app is sharing contact-tracing
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2 September 2020

Covid-19 tracing tool to be built into phones, Apple and Google announce

The new exposure notification system will replace the need for users to install contact-tracing apps developed by public health bodies.
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Person wearing FitBit smartwatch
11 August 2020

European Commission to investigate Google’s Fitbit acquisition

An investigation to assess the proposed billion dollar acquisition of Fitbit by Google has been opened by the European Commission.
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
22 July 2020

Hancock refuses to provide roll-out date for contact-tracing app

When questioned on the progress of the app Hancock told a parliamentary committee it would be rolled-out “as soon as
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
2 July 2020

Experts react to government’s U-turn on contact-tracing app

Industry leaders said the government should ensure ethics and privacy are “correct by design” in its new contact-tracing app.
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NHS Contact-Tracing App
25 June 2020

NHSX ‘knew contact-tracing app wouldn’t work on iPhones in April’

Apple and Google's APIs only work with a decentralised system, which leaves many iPhones incompatible with the NHS centralised contact-tracing
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24 June 2020

Covid-19 tracking tool appears on smartphones – but it’s not an app

The new exposure notification settings are part of an update to the operating systems, which will enable an app to
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