The NHS confirms its coronavirus tracing app will be ready in two to three weeks, but concerns remain over its approach to privacy

The NHS confirms its coronavirus tracing app will be ready in two to three weeks, but concerns remain over its approach to privacy
France asks Google and Apple for their ‘private’ Coronavirus tracing API to be a little less private, with the easing of data sharing with governments
Not as detailed as Google’s Covid-19 Community Mobility reports, but Apple has released a tool that shows changes in people’s travel or mobility patterns
Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms government is developing an app to warn users if they came into close contact with Covid-19 infected person
European mobile operators are sharing location data with health authorities in certain European countries to limit the spread of the pandemic
Fines of more than $200m proposed for selling subscribers’ real-time location data, but critics say the penalties are little more than a slap on the wrist
Location services boost as new spec delivers exact location data, to within one centimetre
That didn’t take long. Last week’s revelation that Google tracks users’ location even if tracking is turned off, prompts US lawsuit
The loophole could allow attack websites to determine a user’s precise location
Users – and particularly young people – may not realise Snap Maps is broadcasting their precise location whenever the app is running, say experts
Privacy setback? US appeals court rules police don’t need warrant to obtain cell tower records from mobile operators
End of the free-for-all? Search warrant now required for devices that track mobile phone locations
Chinese media labels the iPhone as a national security danger, but Apple vehemently denies the allegation
Where would we be without GPS? Our quiz looks at the history of a technology we all rely on
Apple Maps to get more accurate local business listings according to reports
In the wake of criticism, Google performs a quick u-turn over the decision to drop its offline Map function
Foursquare may not be as hip as Facebook or Twitter, but VCs think location will happen one day…
Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used
Google Earth has added another 100,000 virtual tours of fascinating locations for would-be globetrotters
Feeling lost at a station or shop? Google can help, if you are in the right bulding
The Wikimedia Foundation has shifted away from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap in its mobile applications, following a wider trend
Girls Around Me allowed users to track women on location-based services
The ad watchdog has decided that weather details constitute sufficient support for location-based services
Smartphone owners and social media users are more likely to become victims of identity theft, claims Javelin Strategy
The ICO used a speech this week to warn that attention must be paid to individual’s location privacy
Facebook has acquired location sharing service provider Gowalla, a key competitor to FourSquare
Sensewhere has launched a self-correcting global positioning system (GPS) – that works indoors
Opting out of Google’s Wi-Fi location system for privacy is not easy. Wayne Rash says it should have been an opt-in system
Little by little we are giving up our privacy and with it security ebbs away without us realising what we are losing, warns Eric Doyle
Microsoft has published the code for its Wi-Fi data collection software, in a bid to avoid Google’s WiSpy mistake