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Guidelines 04/2020 on the use of location data and contact tracing tools in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Reference
EDPB 04/2020
Issued by
EDPB
Status
Final
First published
21 April 2020
Final version
21 April 2020
Provisions
Article 6, Article 9

"First published" is the date the first version was published for consultation (start of the EDPB feedback period), or the publication date where there was no consultation; the plenary adoption is usually a day or a few days earlier.

Note (not the official text)

Pandemic-specific.

Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.

Only the document as published by the EDPB is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.

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