Avoid Privacy Creepiness & Use This Checklist for the COVID-19 Tool You’re Developing

In recent weeks, we’ve seen multiple apps and other technologies quickly developed or deployed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The following is a concise privacy checklist that COVID-19 tech developers can run through:

1. Create a transparent privacy notice that explains the types of data collected and used, including the reasons for such collection and use.

2. Develop your COVID-19 tool in a way that ensures its use is voluntary.

3. Limit your data uses to those disclosed in your privacy notice. Provide supplemental notices, as needed.