Police to get access to self-isolation data from NHS Test and Trace
The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed NHS Test and Trace details would be shared with police on a “case-by-case” basis.
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NHS Covid-19 App updated to fix disappearing exposure alerts
The messages were caused by default privacy notifications from Apple and Google to alert users their app is sharing contact-tracing information.
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ICO assessing 15 contact-tracing companies for data protection approach
A number of companies that provide contact-tracing services are being assessed for how they are “approaching their data protection responsibilities”.
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Digital Health Unplugged: October news team debrief with special guests
Special guests James Reed and Dermot O’Riordan join our editorial team to discuss the launch of the NHS Covid-19 App and whether it will have an impact.
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‘Major questions unanswered’ about effectiveness of NHS Covid-19 App
The Health Foundation has raised concerns about the lack of published evidence from the NHS Covid-19 App’s pilots, which it says could risk public trust.
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NHS Covid-19 app ‘more privacy-centric than original model’
Five months on and a government U-turn to a decentalised operating model, Professor Eerke Boiten said the revamped app is more privacy friendly.
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Trials of the NHS Covid-19 App ‘not a waste of time’
Wolfgang Emmerich, founder of Zühlke Engineering, said “I don’t think it [the trial] was wasted” and provided valuable insights for the NHS Covid-19 App.
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NHS Covid-19 app downloaded 10 million times since launch
Some six million people downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app on the first day it was launched, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
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Mobile health apps news in brief
This month’s mobile apps round up features the news NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG renewed a contract to provide a symptom checker app.
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