The COVID-19 pandemic continues to interrupt everyday life in the EU in unprecedented ways. The way it affects our societies is shifting...  [M]any Member States announced plans to lift some of the most restrictive measures implemented at the start of the pandemic...

This report outlines some of the measures EU Member States have put in place to protect public health during the Coronavirus pandemic. It highlights how they may affect fundamental rights...

It [...] focuses on four interrelated issues:

— states of emergency or equivalent measures;

— measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact ...;

— the impact of the virus and efforts to limit its spread on particular groups in society...;

— how tracing apps and other technologies to monitor the spread of COVID-19 can impact fundamental rights, in particular data protection and privacy...

Member States explored how technology can support efforts to monitor and track the spread of COVID-19, in particular by using contact-tracing apps. The processing of personal data involved in such applications raised significant fundamental rights concerns, particularly concerning privacy and data protection... Evidence collected by FRA indicates a lack of in-depth analysis of the potential impact on other fundamental rights of using new technologies to curb the spread of the virus...