Apple, Google Virus Tracing Meets Privacy Rules, U.K. Says (1)

The Apple-Google plan to curtail spread of the coronavirus “broadly” aligns with United Kingdom privacy regulations, the nation’s chief data officer said Friday.

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google are working on a system that would allow mobile users to voluntarily share anonymous identifiers using Bluetooth to determine if they have come into contact with an infected person.

The system minimizes data collection, allows for user opt-in, and has adequate security controls, including the use of anonymous identifiers, according to a U.K. Information Commissioner office opinion.

The contact-tracing plan meets “the principles of data protection by design and default” embodied ...