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COVID-19 contact tracing: data protection expectations on app development

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and Executive Director of Technology and Innovation Simon McDougall appeared before the Human Rights Joint Committee yesterday (4 May 2020).

This document was sent to the committee in advance of the session.

It sets out the ICO’s expectations on how contact tracing solutions may be developed in line with the principles of data protection by design and default, and includes a series of best practice recommendations.

You can view the session here

Channel website: https://ico.org.uk/

Original article link: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/05/covid-19-contact-tracing-data-protection-expectations-on-app-development/

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