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UK test-and-trace coronavirus data may be handed to police to nab those who aren't self-isolating as required

ibmalone

Re: BBC take the opposing position . . .

If I may repeat what an AC has said, the "official view" is test and trace will be sharing data with the police, indeed the "parrot the official view" BBC do exactly that in this article as it's linked at the bottom: "Coronavirus: Police get access to NHS Test and Trace self-isolation data." The contact tracing app on the other hand, as many people saw this coming and kicked up a fuss (waves one "told you so" voucher), got relaunched using the privacy-preserving framework, in addition to which the instructions from the app aren't enforceable under the regulations (you should follow them though of course, the point being to try to keep a dangerous virus under control).

Of course the fact that people will confuse the two and the possibility of having the police turn up at your door, is going to put people off getting tested and using the app (even if the app has nothing to do with this). Brilliant!

Anyway, work on reading comprehension.

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