United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 45353
Contact Tracing: Software
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11 May 2020
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18 May 2020 · Answer
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18 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on whether data collected using the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app can be categorised as anonymous under UK law.
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11 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on whether data collected using the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app can be categorised as anonymous under UK law.
Source: Commons
18 May 2020
Answer
The data collected cannot identify an individual. It is not however anonymous: the data is categorised as pseudonymous and therefore is treated as personal data although not identifiable.Existing law and National Health Service standards set out a framewo...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-11/45353
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1194589
- uk · wq-1194589 · source updated 18 May 2020