Amnesty hits back at Hancock for dismissing privacy concerns over NHS app
RIGHTS groups continued to press Health Minister Matt Hancock today for answers about the new NHS app after he dismissed privacy concerns as “completely wrong.”
Amnesty International raised concerns this week that the contact-tracing app, which is being made available to Isle of Wight residents this week, could open the door to state surveillance and infringe on privacy rights.
The fears centre on the government’s decision to take a centralised approach, meaning that people’s data will be kept on a central computer server.
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