The UK government is in discussions with tech firms and mobile networks about using location data to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Other countries are using smartphone location data to monitor coronavirus patients and people they have had contact with — but the UK isn't doing anything this invasive right now.
Instead, the UK seems to be discussing how anonymised and aggregated data might help track at a general level how people are moving around.
Google told Business Insider: "We're exploring ways that aggregated anonymized location information could help in the fight against COVID-19."
The UK government has refused to clarify whether it's considering using data to track individuals later down the line.