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Coronavirus: Quarantine

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL4370, tabled on 12 May 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use GPS technology to ensure people who have interacted with a ‘super-spreader’ quarantine appropriately.

Answered on

27 May 2020

There are currently no such plans. If we make any changes to how the app works over time, we will explain in plain English why those changes were made and what they mean for app users and will publish an updated Data Protection Impact Assessment and Privacy Notice.