Contact Tracing: Hospitality Industry

(asked on 26th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training hospitality staff will be given on (a) GDPR procedures and (b) data collection when collecting names and addresses for covid-19 track and trace purposes.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 20th July 2020

NHS Test and Trace is a key part of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 response. If we can rapidly detect people who have recently come into close contact with a person who is confirmed to have COVID-19, we can take swift action to minimise transmission of the virus. This is important as lockdown measures are eased and will help us return to a more normal way of life and reduce the risk of needing further lockdowns in the future.

The Government has published data that needs to be collected for Test and Trace purposes, and how organisations should do this in a way that is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Businesses should collect this information in a way that is manageable for them, and any training that is provided should reflect this – including maintaining compliance with GDPR.

The guidance is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/guidance/maintaining-records-of-staff-customers-and-visitors-to-support-nhs-test-and-trace

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