Audition of the President of the Italian Data Protection Authority regarding use of new technologies and the Internet to counter the Covid-19 epidemiological emergency (Q4450)
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informal audition of the Italian Data Protection Authority
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Audition of the President of the Italian Data Protection Authority regarding use of new technologies and the Internet to counter the Covid-19 epidemiological emergency
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informal audition of the Italian Data Protection Authority
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Statements
9 April 2020
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the need to trace back the spread of contagion by means of electronic devices makes it difficult to impose a general obligation for everyone to use those devices. Indeed, a precondition for this is that everyone can – not only in monetary terms, but also in terms of cognitive skills – use a smartphone and the many functions it holds, which is factually not feasible for everyone.
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such a mandatory use would hardly lend itself to coercive measures unless one introduced a veritable sort of electronic bracelet.
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