The Czech Office for Personal Data Protection (the "Office") has repeatedly commented on the Smart Quarantine project launched by the Czech Ministry of Health, based on Government Resolution No. 250 dated 18 March 2020. The Smart Quarantine is a bundle of anti-COVID-19 measures which involves the processing of location data of people infected by the novel coronavirus. Mobile operators and banks are obliged to report the location data of infected people to authorised subjects (the Ministry of Health or a Regional Hygiene Station), provided that an infected person consented to such transfer of their data ("traffic and location data" and "data about the time and place of use of an electronic payment instrument"). The Office repeatedly raised privacy concerns and invited the Ministry of Health to submit documentation for the Smart Quarantine project.
Originally published 30 May, 2020
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