KDDI smartphone location information Provided free to prefectures, etc. New Corona April 22 16:15
In order to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, au's KDDI decided to provide data such as location information of smartphones to prefectures nationwide free of charge while protecting the privacy. Yahoo has also begun to provide such data, and attention will be paid to the extent to which the utilization of data possessed by major companies will progress.
KDDI has decided to provide the location information data of smartphones to prefectures and ordinance-designated cities nationwide free of charge from the 22nd of July to July with the consent of the user.
Municipalities receiving the information can understand how many people are in a specific area by age and gender, and can also obtain analysis results that distinguish between residents and employees.
He also says that people who visit a certain facility can know where they are coming from, and I hope KDDI can use it to verify the effects of self-restraint requests when going out.
In the IT industry, Yahoo also provides user search data and location information data to municipalities free of charge in a form that protects privacy, and can analyze what words are being searched in a specific area. It has already begun to be used as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus in Mie and Hyogo prefectures.
With regard to data from communications and IT companies, the government has begun efforts to grasp the flow of people and utilize it for infection prevention measures, and it is noteworthy to what extent such data will be utilized.