As Ireland considers using a tracing app in the fight against Covid-19, Eleanor Burnhill has been taking a look at how governments around the world are trying to balance the issue of privacy with protecting public health.
In France, politicians will be now be allowed to debate and vote on the government's contact-tracing app - with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe conceding yesterday that the app dubbed "StopCovid" does raise legitimate questions about civil liberties.
He also said it was not yet clear if the app will actually work to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic. Politicians from the ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron had accused their own government on Monday of withdrawing a vote on the app, saying they had been