Observed Signal · Apr 29, 2020 · Partnership · Source: OnlineMarketing.de · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Neutral
Corona App: Govt partners with SAP and Telekom
Germany’s government has shifted from the Pepp-PT approach to collaborating with SAP and Deutsche Telekom to develop and bring to market a Corona app intended to identify COVID-19 contacts. The collaboration includes advisory roles for Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Helmholtz-Institut CISPA. The app is to be launched by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Unlike Pepp-PT’s central storage plan, the project stores contact data locally on users’ smartphones. The Datenspende (data donation) app previously accumulated around 500,000 German users. The decision may reflect schedule pressures, with all parties reportedly behind the original timeline. The German industry association BDI urged rapid deployment to help restart the economy, highlighting the app’s role in returning society to normality. The shift toward decentralization and reliance on Bluetooth technology underpins the privacy-focused design.
Government-private sector collaboration on a nationwide health app with a shift to decentralization; potential impact on privacy-focused app development.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- The German government selected SAP and Telekom to develop a Corona app.
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Helmholtz-Institut CISPA will advise the project.
- The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) will publish the app at launch.
- Contacts will be stored locally on users' smartphones, moving away from centralized storage.
- Datenspende-App had around 500,000 users in Germany.
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