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NHS app collects social status, mental health, political opinions, crime records

• MattPalmer1086 5y ago
  Title seems to be misleading. The NHS app can locally record which venues you visit when you use it for that purpose. The venues you visit might be used to infer social, political opinions , etc. But the app doesn't collect that information as far as I can see.
• DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
  TL;DR: NHS app is used for Covid domestic travel passes, and collects data on mental health, social circumstances, political opinions, lifestyle, alleged criminal convictions and will be used as identity document for “right to work” and “right to rent” See also: "NHS COVID-19 app: our processing of special categories of personal data" https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-covid-19-app-privacy-information/nhs-covid-19-app-our-processing-of-special-categories-of-personal-data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-covid-19-app-...
  • pjc50 5y ago
    I don't think either of those pages establishes that the two are linked? The "right to rent" requirements are genuinely oppressive, though; one of those things the British public likes because they oppress mostly foreigners and non-homeowners.
  • sdflhasjd 5y ago
    That document is somewhat explicit about how the venue data is only stored in the app on the phone and isn't sent anywhere for processing without being anonymised > However, our systems cannot access or process this data we note it here to support transparency. Also, I'm not sure why you submitted a different page?
• benbristow 5y ago
  And will eventually become a social credit score system. Another conspiracy theory that’s bound to become conspiracy fact.