UK contact tracing app: will it be effective?
Emma Wright, Partner at technology and digital specialist law firm Kemp Little, discusses the various thorny issues around the NHSX contact tracing app, including its effectiveness, the privacy issues surrounding the technology, and possible discriminatory effects
It was the 17th of March when Channel 4 raised the use of a UK contact tracing app. Since then coverage has been building, a pilot has been rolled out on the Isle of Wight and a NHS Ethics Advisory Board...
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