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French virus tracing app goes live amid debate over privacy

by Associated Press
| June 2, 2020 5:27 AM

PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks as lockdown restrictions gradually ease, becoming the first major European country to deploy the smartphone technology amid simmering debates over data privacy.

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