menu

Data Against Corona Taskforce

Health Humanitarian

DESCRIPTION

The Data Against Corona Taskforce is an initiative set up by the Belgian Ministers of Health and Digital Agenda to analyze the spread of COVID-19 through telecommunications and health data. The task force, which includes data scientists, data privacy experts, epidemiologists, bioethicists, a medical lawyer and others, will analyze data from the telecommunications providers Proximus, Telenet and Orange. This analysis will inform government actions to control spread and communications efforts through BE-Alert, the Belgian federal government’s emergency alarm system. All work is compliant with GDPR and overseen by an ethical council.

Region: Europe and Central Asia

includes kosovo