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Contact-Tracing App
18 June 2020

Norway forced to backtrack on mass surveillance track and trace app

Norway has been forced to stop loading data to its national Covid-19 track and trace app after a ruling by
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NHS Contact-Tracing App
9 June 2020

Why trust is key to the user adoption of the NHS contact-tracing app

Our cyber-security expert, Davey Winder, delves into the NHS contact-tracing app, looking into why trust is key and the issue of
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28 May 2020

New test and trace system falls short on roll-out of contact-tracing app

DHSC said work on the contact-tracing app continues following a “positive reception” on the Isle of Wight, but no date
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26 May 2020

BCS survey reveals contact-tracing app skepticism

A survey carried out by BCS has revealed less than a one quarter of its members think the NHS contact-tracing
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22 May 2020

Google and Apple release their contact-tracing software

Google and Apple have released their Covid-19 contact-tracing software which can be used by smartphones across the globe.
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21 May 2020

NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app ‘delayed until June’

Health secretary Matt Hancock had previously said the app would be rolled out by mid-May, as had NHSX chief Matthew
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20 May 2020

Centralised approach to contact-tracing app ‘based on shaky assumptions’

Privacy expert Polly Sanderson told Digital Health News there were “serious issues” associated with relying on the self-reporting of symptoms.
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20 May 2020

Three Scottish trusts trial Covid-19 contact-tracing software

The pilot will allow the trusts to test the software, which will be used by contact tracers to collect the
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19 May 2020

Draft bills calls for greater assurance of privacy in contact-tracing app

If the bill becomes law, government would be required to set up an independent contact-tracing app Privacy Tzar to monitor
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19 May 2020

Digital Health Unplugged: May news team debrief

Join Andrea Downey, Hannah Crouch and Jon Hoeksma as they look at the whether the app will be successful and
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