Contact Tracing: Data Protection

(asked on 20th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on the sharing of contact tracing data between (a) Serco and (b) other private sector contractors and local public health departments.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 15th December 2020

The Department and Public Health England (PHE) work in partnership with local authorities and with the support of contractors to provide contact tracing services. The Department is the data controller for the purposes of data protection legislation. Contact tracing data that is shared between the Department, PHE, contractors and local public health departments is handled in strict confidence and in line with data protection laws.

Ensuring the privacy of individuals and the security of their personal data is a priority for the Government and for NHS Test and Trace.

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