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 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 the NHS has been transparant.
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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 more effective.
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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 has confirmed some will be retained for research.
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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 to endanger privacy.
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Digital Health Unplugged: Data and accountability in the NHS
Join the panel as they discuss concerns around using patient data to trace corornavirus and the steps the NHS needs to take to ensure privacy.
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Covid-19: NHS contact-tracing app launched in Isle of Wight
The contact-tracing app will form part of the next phase of the governments test and trace approach to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
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NHSX differs with Apple and Google over contact-tracing app
NHSX has chosen to take a ‘centralised’ approach to collecting data on potential Covid-19 contacts, compared to Apple and Google’s ‘decentralised’ approach.
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NHSX sets up ethics advisory board to oversee contact-tracing app
The panel will be led by Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery, of University College London. He was previously head of the Nuffield Council on bioethics.
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Contact-tracing apps could ‘catastrophically’ hamper trust, academics warn
An open letter, signed by professors from 26 countries, urges governments to evaluate potential dangers of contact-tracing apps before implementing them.
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