Digital Health June 26, 2020
This month’s mobile apps news round-up features news that the majority of UK people believe their contact-tracing data will be used for other purposes and researchers at Northumbria University are looking at ways to use digital tools to help vulnerable people live independently.
84% of people surveyed believe contact-tracing data will be used for other purposes
Software company Okta surveyed 12,000 people globally, including 2,218 in the UK, to gauge peoples’ attitudes towards contact tracing.
It found 81% of UK citizens are aware of efforts to track Covid-19 through smartphone data collection.
Some 32% of respondents said they were more aware of data tracking efforts due to the pandemic and 84% were worried their data will be used for purposes...
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