Gizmodo reports San Francisco and Alameda counties in California have stopped using Verily to test for the novel coronavirus.<br />Google's health-centered sister company launched a $55 million pilot COVID-19 testing program earlier this year to set up mobile and stationary test sites.<br />However, Verily’s services weren’t geared towards filling the needs of communities especially vulnerable to the pandemic.<br />Specifically, the services put people of color, those with low income, and the homeless at a disadvantage for using Verily's site and accessing test results.<br />Another complaint was that Verily reserves the right to use collected data for 'commercial product research and development.'<br />While Verily says strict privacy controls are in place, critics say the system may still violate federal health data privacy laws.
