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March 30, 2020

Fighting Covid-19 without turning into a surveillance state

NHSX launches a hackathon to find tech to beat Covid-19 that doesn’t compromise privacy


Maija Palmer

4 min read

The race is on to find technology solutions to fight the spread of the Covid-19 virus that do not also compromise our privacy by forcibly tracking the day-to-day movement of potentially infected citizens.

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