Trump needs to answer questions on coronavirus surveillance plans, senator says
Amid reports that US President Donald Trump is seeking to create a national coronavirus surveillance system, Sen. Edward J. Markey has urged the government to refrain from invading people's privacy. While Markey said technology and data should be used in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, he said Thursday that such a system could use "highly sensitive information about Americans."
The letter follows reports Tuesday that Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser and Trump's son-in-law, is seeking to set up a national coronavirus surveillance system. The system would include easing data-sharing rules for health companies and federal and state officials, according to Politico, which cited an unnamed source, and would be used to make decisions on allocating federal resources and medical equipment to hospitals and health care centers.
"The components revealed to date point to deeply troubling privacy risks," Markey wrote in letter to Trump. The senator urged the government to use community data but not personalized information, arguing it could lead to discrimination based on medical conditions.
Markey has asked Trump for details about the project; whether it will end when the coronavirus pandemic is over; which private entities the administration is in contact with about the system; how the data would be collected, maintained, accessed, stored and disposed of; whether there will be regular reports to Congress on the system; whether there would be external review of privacy and security risks; and whether the system would protect against health privacy invasions for LGBTQ individuals, racial minorities, those with disabilities and low-income individuals.
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In some systems, that' would make perfect sense and we may see more of it. The far-right have already worked hard on those facial recognition systems police forces have been using and there a big problems with the privacy issues they present in regards to our rights.
So, Fascism? Sure thing! The more, the better. Oh, don't tell me you don't know they are, essentially, Fascists, along with a few other choice titles to go with that. 
