Alex Hern reports: The NHS will keep personal data about people with coronavirus for 20 years as part of the test-and-trace programme, according to a privacy notice posted by Public Health England. Information including full name and date of birth, as well as phone numbers and home and email addresses, will be collected and stored for…
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NYC: De Blasio hires 1,700 contact tracers, downplays privacy concerns
Erin Durkin reports on Mayor DeBlasio’s plans: …. When someone tests positive for Covid-19, contact tracers will get their information from a state database and attempt to call them. If they can’t reach the patient by phone, they will visit their home to ask them who they’ve been in close contact with, defined as spending…
IN: Community Health wins partial reversal in family records dispute
Katie Stancombe reports on a medical records privacy case: Community Health Network, Inc. v. Heather McKenzie and Daniel McKenzie, individually and as parents and natural guardians of J.M. and O.M., John McKenzie, Deborah West, Michael West, and Katrina Gray, 19A-CT-873: The Indiana Court of Appeals has partially reversed in favor of a hospital on invasion…
French privacy watchdog approves coronavirus tracing app
From The Local: France’s privacy watchdog gave the green light on Tuesday to a government-backed cellphone app that will alert users if they have been in contact with an infected person. Use of the app called StopCovid will be voluntary, and will keep track of users who had been in close proximity of one another over…