<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"In December 2019, the coronavirus, first identified in China, spread incredibly quickly to other parts of the world, including the Member States. As a result of the gradual improvement in the statistics, several Member States have signalled their intention to relax quarantine rules. In order to avoid a second wave of infections and facilitate contact tracing, some Member States such as Austria, Germany and Denmark are recommending that their citizens use a telephone app which can identify who has had contact with someone who may be infected. The app would use ultrasound and Bluetooth to detect devices in close proximity to each other, with a concurrent risk of users’ personal data being abused.Rules restricting movement for Europe’s citizens are a factor in the increase of the number of people working from home. With workers using online apps enabling videoconferencing such as Zoom, the question of digital security arises. In recent weeks recordings of over 15000 private video conversations using Zoom have appeared on various social media sites.I would like to ask the Commission the following:Are the above-mentioned contact-tracing applications compatible with the GDPR Regulation currently in force?What is the Commission’s opinion of applications which use personal data yet contribute to preventing new COVID-19 infections?What action will the Commission take to increase digital security, bearing in mind the very widespread use of online videoconferencing applications?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [2]. </s>
In December 2019, the coronavirus, first identified in China, spread incredibly quickly to other parts of the world, including the Member States. As a result of the gradual improvement in the statistics, several Member States have signalled their intention to relax quarantine rules. In order to avoid a second wave of infections and facilitate contact tracing, some Member States such as Austria, Germany and Denmark are recommending that their citizens use a telephone app which can identify who has had contact with someone who may be infected. The app would use ultrasound and Bluetooth to detect devices in close proximity to each other, with a concurrent risk of users’ personal data being abused.Rules restricting movement for Europe’s citizens are a factor in the increase of the number of people working from home. With workers using online apps enabling videoconferencing such as Zoom, the question of digital security arises. In recent weeks recordings of over 15000 private video conversations using Zoom have appeared on various social media sites.I would like to ask the Commission the following:Are the above-mentioned contact-tracing applications compatible with the GDPR Regulation currently in force?What is the Commission’s opinion of applications which use personal data yet contribute to preventing new COVID-19 infections?What action will the Commission take to increase digital security, bearing in mind the very widespread use of online videoconferencing applications?