Health secretary Matt Hancock has responded to demands for new legislation for the NHSX tracing app with “a big…
Employers face legal minefield over Covid-19 workplace surveillance tech
The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon to the surveillance tech industry. Governments across the world have scrambl…
Facial verification tech in NHS app could pave way for immunity passports
The NHS app now incorporates facial verification technology from the biometrics company iProov to verify the identity…
Government mulls tech giants’ “commercial interests” before releasing NHS data deals
The British government is facing mounting pressure to disclose the terms of data sharing agreements between NHS Engla…
NHS collecting third party app data to map Covid-19 threat
A new government project called OASIS – established by a partnership between NHSX, the health service’s digital…
China is attempting to steal US coronavirus research, say FBI and CISA
Hackers acting on behalf of the Chinese government are targeting coronavirus research labs in the US, security offici…
NHSX tracing app: Data privacy risks are low, according to the people who made it
The NHS has updated the data protection impact assessment (DPIA) for its coronavirus contact-tracing app to include a…
NHSX tracing app: £3.9m biggest spend so far on contract testing Google-Apple model
The UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app is in the process of being piloted on the Isle of Wight, but there are signs…
Australia is set to abandon its centralised coronavirus app – will the UK be next?
Despite ministers’ repeated assurances that Australia’s Covidsafe contact tracing app was functioning wel…
How will the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app work and when will it go live?
This article is regularly updated to reflect emerging developments. The NHS has announced the imminent launch of a c…