KDHE COVID Tracking Concerns

KJI demands Governor publicly reveal information about media report that KDHE was using GPS program to track residents' locations for COVID-19 purposes.

According to a media report, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment was using a GPS program to track residents’ locations through their phones. KJI questioned the program and urged the Governor to publicly and immediately provide details, which she did the following day.

Legal Team

Samuel G. MacRoberts

Case Timeline

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Initial Letter to KDHE

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Press Release

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Follow Up Letter to KDHE

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Press Release

IN THE NEWS:

Kansas’ review of cellphone GPS data raises privacy concerns

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Kansas is Watching Your Cellphone Data to Check Distancing and Travel

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press. Apr 2, 2020 Kansas’ top health official faced questions April 2 over the state’s monitoring of GPS data gleaned from people’s cellphones about how residents have cut down on […]

Press Release: Demanding legal answers on Kansas COVID-19 tracking

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2020 — Today, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment held a press conference announcing the use of a GPS program to track residents’ locations through their cell phones. Department […]

Press Release: Follow-up with COVID-19 tracking in Kansas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2020 – In a press conference today, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly addressed concerns raised by Kansas Justice Institute regarding a recent report indicating that the Kansas Department of Health and […]

Kansas’ Review of Cellphone GPS Data Raises Privacy Concerns

April 2, 2020, at 2:53 p.m. By JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas‘ top health official faced questions Thursday over the state’s monitoring of GPS data gleaned from people’s cellphones about how […]

Kansas’ review of cellphone GPS data raises privacy concerns

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer Apr 2, 2020 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ top health official faced questions Thursday over the state’s monitoring of GPS data gleaned from people’s cellphones about how residents have […]

Kansas’ review of cellphone GPS data raises privacy concerns

Read original article here TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is facing questions over the state’s monitoring of GPS data gleaned from people’s cellphones about how residents have cut down on travel […]

Kansas’ review of cellphone GPS data raises privacy concerns

Kansas’ top health official is facing questions over the state’s monitoring of GPS data gleaned from people’s cellphones about how residents have cut down on travel during the coronavirus pandemic. Kansas Department of Health and […]

Group complains of Kansas’ GPS monitoring: Coronavirus ‘does not justify warrantless data searches’

By Karen Kidd | Apr 7, 2020 TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) – The Kansas Department of Health’s source for GPS tracking revealed a certain lack of social distancing in the state but also prompted “grave concerns” from a […]

Small-government think tank questions use of phone GPS data during pandemic

TOPEKA — Kansas health officials faced questions Thursday over the state’s monitoring of GPS data gleaned from people’s cellphones about how residents have cut down on travel during the coronavirus pandemic. But Gov. Laura Kelly […]