Norway Abandons COVID-Tracking App Over Privacy Fears Norway Abandons COVID-Tracking App Over Privacy Fears Tyler Durden Wed, 06/17/2020 – 02:45 Norway’s health authorities suspended the use of its COVID-19 tracing app and deleted all location data collected amid new privacy criticism from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), reported The Local. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) launched the …