California Launches Coronavirus Notification App, But Will Enough Opt In?

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🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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California launches a new coronavirus notification app on Thursday in a bid to help slow the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the state. The CA Notify app will send smartphone notifications to users who have been exposed to someone who tested positive to the coronavirus. Officials say it will help curb the spread of COVID-19, but only if a large number of people opt in. We’ll hear how the app works, and how it deals with data collection and privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.0	Well, we turn our attention now to a new COVID app that California launches tomorrow.
1:15.4	The California Notify app will send smartphone notifications to users who have been exposed to someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
1:23.7	An officials say it's going to help curb the spread of COVID-19, but only if a large number of people opt in.
1:29.3	We're going to hear how the app works, how it deals with data collection and privacy, and joining us first is Michael Wilkening, and he's Governor Newsom's Special Advisor on Innovation and Digital Services, and welcome Michael Wilkening.
1:40.3	Good morning, happy to be on the program with you.
1:43.3	Glad to have you with us. I guess the first thing to begin with here is,
1:47.5	Governor Newsom said 100% secure, 100% voluntary and 100% private, but there's a good deal of concern about privacy.
1:55.2	So let's take that up first with you. How can we ensure 100% privacy with this?
1:59.7	There's no personal information that's collected with the app.
2:03.7	So there's no information that we're getting at the state level.
2:08.6	And Apple and Google aren't getting personal information.
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