The UK is in talks to use phone location data to monitor COVID-19

https://www.businessinsider.com/report-uk-government-google-networks-location-data-to-track-covid-19-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

• 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.