Věra Jourová

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Google is open to the public of the movements of persons in The Course of the Corona-Virus-pandemic track.

The tech companies are going to be on a County-by-County basis in the United Kingdom, as well as similar data for the 130 other countries.

The Plan is the task of regular updates with the data relate to an activity of two or Three Days .

The Company has promised that privacy will be respected.

The measured values are due to the location and collected data on the Google Maps app or one of The Firm 's other mobile services.

The Company usually uses this to show to help when the specific museums, shops and other places are the busiest, as well as the revision of routes, to avoid motorist Traffic .

Google shows in percentage, how busy the different types of locations, in comparison to what they used to earlier in the year

In this case, the measured values are to be dismantled, to show how much in The Following types of locations are compared to a time earlier in the year, before the lock feature is introduced:

Google said it hoped that The Information could be used, Public Health chiefs and others, which can help the outbreak.

"could help This information to understand the officials, the changes in each of the main Desk, in the Form of recommendations to the business hours, or inform of delivery service offerings," it blogged.

"As stubborn visits to the transportation hubs, perhaps The Need for additional buses or trains to show to allow People . Of Room to spread out for social distancing. "

The Company says it has anonymised records and mixed in some randomly generated data for the protection of the individual user history,

"The data may prove frightening for People who are not aware of how much information Google collects," said The Bbc 's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

"It is also fascinating insights to offer on how the lockdown works - or worked 48 Hours earlier.

"And there could be unintended consequences. People could choose to avoid places with high Traffic , or perhaps you will be surprised how many People go out and decide to join them. "

The First report shall include data for the 29. March and compares with a median measurement value for the five-week period, the 3. January to 6. February .

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Google 's launch comes A Day after the EU justice chief, Vera Jourova called, the share on the tech giant to fight more and more data with scientists who are trying to The Virus .

you are also to do with criticism, to Crack Down more on false information.

"We see us, to monetize the large platforms and incentives for misinformation and harmful content, the ads, the pandemic, the event online," said The Commissioner .

"That should be stopped. The negative financial incentives of clickbait misinformation and utilization of fraud should be stopped. "

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Source of news: bbc.com