Republican members introduced legislation on May 7, 2020, to give Americans more control over and insight into how their personal health, proximity and geolocation data is used during the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic. The bill's introduction reflects the growing number of privacy and surveillance concerns during the public health emergency as the industry develops their own standards for how they will conduct contact tracing and other efforts to slow the spread of the virus. The bill's sponsors have underscored the need to include the measure in the next COVID-19 relief package, but the bill lacks support from key Senate Democrats.
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