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IBM is testing an opt-in mobile app to track the location of its employees in India to help curb the spread of COVID-19 (IBM)
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- IBM is testing an opt-in mobile app in India that will track employees' locations to help monitor the spread of the coronavirus, Protocol reported Thursday.
- The app will identify and notify employees who might have "come in close contact with a person affected in the last 14 days," a spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement.
- IBM joins major tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft that are leveraging location data to track COVID-19, raising concerns about how users' privacy will be protected.
- IBM's app is voluntary, will delete data after 16 days, and won't disclose individual employees' identities, executive vice president John Kelly III told Protocol.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
IBM is testing an opt-in mobile app that will track the locations of its employees in India in an effort to help monitor and slow the spread of COVID-19, Protocol reported on Thursday.
"The mobile app, designed and developed in India is available to IBMers to help curb the spread of the virus by identification of employees who may have come in close contact with a person affected in the last 14 days," an IBM spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider in a statement.
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