An official government app launched to ‘support’ care workers during the coronavirus pandemic collects their personal data and hands it to a private company for marketing purposes.
And it’s feared staff using the app’s chat function to talk about PPE shortages and to complain about employers could be open to reprisals.
It comes amid continuing privacy concerns about the NHS coronavirus tracking app, which is being tested on the Isle of Wight ahead of a planned national rollout in “mid May.” The government said The Care Workforce app was developed by NHSX.
It was advertised as a “a single one-stop-shop providing the sector with all the latest guidance, wellbeing support and advice they need to protect themselves from COVID-19 and keep