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Contact tracing and immunity passports: questions for the government

We continue to hear bits and pieces about the way that mobile apps may be developed, and about the possibilities that Immunity Passports might come with intrusive database projects. We have today produced a briefing.

COVID-19 and personal data: April briefing

Executive summary The Government is running significant risks to trust and policy delivery by failing…

Democracy and Covid-19

The Covid 19 epidemic has disrupted our economic and social life unlike anything seen in peacetime. Its impact on the character of our democracy is becoming apparent; the pressure of social distancing is forcing us to rethink how we structure our democratic institutions.

The government must explain its approach to mobile contact tracing

Mobile data and contact tracing is a hot topic, as the UK and EU develop projects to provide privacy-protecting means of understanding who is at risk of infection.

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