Vice said it obtained internal documents from the CDC that show the agency used location data from cell phones to monitor visits to churches, schools, pharmacies and more.
said it obtained internal documents from the CDC that show the federal agency used location data from cell phones to monitor visits to churches and schools, as well as to pharmacies for “vaccine monitoring.” The data also showed movement during curfews and visits between neighbors when people were encouraged to stay home, practice social distancing and avoid social gatherings.
“The mobility data obtained under this contract will be available for CDC agency-wide use and will support numerous CDC priorities,” the agency wrote last year. Google reportedly banned all app developers on its Play Store from working with SafeGraph in June 2021 after critics raised privacy concerns, including from pro-choice activists who suggested data can be used to track women who visit abortion clinics.
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