To help public health efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Google has compiled reports using users' geolocation data. These reports are sent to health authorities to help verify compliance with quarantine recommendations issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). 

The data provided contains information about changes in people's mobility amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, it includes information from 131 countries and regions, but Google has stated that it will add new countries in the coming weeks. This will make the reports useful for public health authorities around the world.

Privacy.

According to Google, the reports follow its privacy policies, ensuring that no personal information is provided.

"The reports use aggregated and anonymized data to map movement trends over time by geographic region, across different high-level categories of locations such as retail and recreation, shopping and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential areas." Communication Google.

The data is collected through location history, which requires user permission as it is disabled by default. The user can also disable this option at any time, as well as clear their history data.

In Brazil.

Os reports They have information from each country and its states. Here we can see some results of the measures taken to "flatten" the curve of the virus. Mobility to places offering leisure and retail options decreased by 59%. Due to the increase in companies that migrated to the home office format, there was a 36% drop in mobility to workplaces nationwide. Brazil.

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