Contact-tracing app

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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
19 May 2020

Government ‘cannot rely on contact-tracing app to ease lockdown’

It is “critical” that capacity for contact-tracing is advanced for “further stages of managing the epidemic”, according to a government
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15 May 2020

Unreliable contact-tracing apps ‘could provide false sense of security’

The ethics advisory board tasked with overseeing the NHS contact-tracing app has raised concerns about the reliability of an app
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15 May 2020

Google Analytics trackers in contact-tracing app code ‘risks re-identification’

NHSX has always maintained the code for the contact-tracing app would be made publicly available, but currently only the front-end
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14 May 2020

NHS contact-tracing app ‘falls short of data protection law’

Michael Veale, a lecturer in digital rights at University College London, found the app does not comply with UK law
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13 May 2020

NHSX ‘working on second tracing app using Apple and Google tech’

Talks have reportedly intensified between NHSX and Apple and Google, including how the NHS might change its course on contact-tracing.
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Digital Health News Poll
12 May 2020

Digital Health poll reveals reader’s opinions on NHS contact-tracing app

Digital Health News asked our readers what they thought of the contact-tracing app and the results revealed they don't believe
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11 May 2020

NHSX ‘ignored communications about flaws in Bluetooth contact-tracing’

A computing company has raised several concerns with Bluetooth contact-tracing, instead suggesting a system based on QR Codes would be
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
8 May 2020

All you need to know about the NHS contact-tracing app

As the NHS’ contact-tracing app moves closer to a national roll out, Digital Health News has rounded up everything we
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7 May 2020

Data from NHS contact-tracing app ‘to be kept for research purposes’

NHSX has always maintain that data would be deleted if a user chose to remove the app, but a spokesperson
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6 May 2020

Privacy risks of contact-tracing app exist ‘in theory’, cyber expert says

Dr Ian Levy acknowledged there’s a reidentification risk with tracing technologies but said the NHS app doesn’t collect enough data
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