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Privacy notice for Covid-19 NHS test and trace app for LBWF mobile devices.
Employee Experience and ICT
Simon Copsey: simon.copsey@walthamforest.gov.uk
The official NHS Covid-19 Android app is being deployed to work mobile phones used by staff and managed by Digital and ICT. The app will hold the following information:
The app does not access your location, contacts or any other personal data.
The NHS Covid19 Test and Trace App is only being deployed to Council issued mobile devices.
The Council will not have access to or use any information stored in the app.
The information held by the app cannot directly identify an individual.
The postcode district is used by the app to tailor your alerts and assist the NHS in tracking the progress of Covid-19, for instance, if you enter symptoms that suggest you have Covid-19.
If you book a test through the app, then the results will be held by the app.
If you “share” a positive result then your phone’s unique, anonymous app codes are uploaded to the central server and sent to other app users so their app can check this alert against its internal list of codes.
Remember, the app does not track your location or access personal data stored on the phone. It cannot identify your phone. No personal data is shared between your phone and anyone else’s phone.
Further information on the app can be found through the NHS website.
Consent: staff will need to launch the application and enable Bluetooth and enter their postcode district
Public task: it will enable staff when undertaking their duties to help control the spread of coronavirus, to be informed and advise them if they have been exposed to the virus themselves
For more details on the Lawful Basis see the ICO guidance.
Your data will not be shared with anyone.
No direct personal data will be held by anyone outside of the app. The app holds contact tracing data for 14 days and venue data for 21 days. If you leave the Council or your phone is given to another user it is reset and ALL data is erased.
Our Data Protection Officer is Mark Hynes. Email: Data.Protection@walthamforest.gov.uk.
Please see the relevant section of the Corporate Privacy Notice.
Please see the relevant section of the Corporate Privacy Notice.
These are included in the relevant section of the Corporate Privacy Notice.
If we’re unable to resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)