MIT Technology Review COVID Tracing Tracker

The Project will track and compare various contact tracing apps using five categories:

  • Is it voluntary?
  • Are there limitations on how the data gets used?
  • Will data be destroyed after a period of time?
  • Is data collection minimized?
  • Is the effort transparent?

MIT Technology Review, 7 May 2020

Change model: better and more comparative information to inform decision-making.

update:

COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker

Keep Civic Space Healthy. This tracker monitors government responses to the pandemic that affect civic freedoms and human rights, focusing on emergency laws.

The change model implied by this organizational action is that an updated tracker will help policymakers remain alert to the risks to civic freedom emerging from the COVID-19 responses.