The divergent approaches of EU member states in their privacy protocols for coronavirus contact tracing apps are about to be laid bare, as nations adopt different technologies with different standards, despite the EU attempting to harmonise guidance on the use of such apps.

This week EURACTIV digs deeper into the controversy surrounding the Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT) project consortium and surveys the rest of the week’s news in the world of European technology policy and politics.