Contact Tracing: Computer Software
(asked on 27th April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government will take to ensure that businesses do not penalise individuals who do not use the NHS contact-tracing app.
This question was answered on 5th May 2020
As the Solicitor General explained in Parliament on 28 April, the contact tracing app will be for voluntary participation only.
An ethical advisory board will be convened to monitor the use of the app.
No private identifying information will be kept on it and it will be data protection compliant.