{"id":21733,"date":"2020-03-30T13:34:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T12:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=21733"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T12:34:38","slug":"government-considers-covid-19-tracking-of-uk-mobile-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/government-considers-covid-19-tracking-of-uk-mobile-phones.html","title":{"rendered":"Government Considers COVID-19 Tracking of UK Mobile Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Government appears to be considering an idea that could see them attempt to monitor the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) by working with mobile network operators (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>) to track the location data of handsets (Smartphones etc.), but it&#8217;ll only be able to use &#8220;<em>properly anonymised<\/em>&#8221; data.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At present a number of other countries are already tracking mobiles as part of efforts to tackle the virus. The data itself, once suitably anonymised, can be used for general population tracking, which makes it easier to build up a picture (heatmap) of how people are behaving during the lockdown (e.g. social distancing and travel patterns etc.). This could also be used to, for example, target policing or cleaning efforts toward problem areas.<\/p>\n<p>However, some countries have gone a step beyond this, such as by adopting a more intrusive approach and using the data almost like personal police tags (e.g. monitoring newly arrived foreigners or individuals who have been ordered into self-quarantine for 14 days).<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably the UK Government was bound to consider making use of the same information, which has now been confirmed by a legal opinion from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information Commissioners Office<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ico\" target=\"_blank\">ICO<\/a>). But they&#8217;d still need to keep within the allowable confines of the current data protection (GDPR) law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Steve Wood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ico\" target=\"_blank\">ICO<\/a> Deputy Commissioner, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Generalised location data trend analysis is helping to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Where this data is properly anonymised and aggregated, it does not fall under data protection law because no individual is identified.<\/p>\n<p>In these circumstances, privacy laws are not breached as long as the appropriate safeguards are in place.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ico\" target=\"_blank\">ICO<\/a> has provided advice about how data protection law can continue to apply flexibly to protect lives and data. The safety and security of the public remains our primary concern. We will continue to work alongside Government to provide advice about the application of data protection law during these unprecedented times.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In normal times such activity might be considered chilling, although these are not normal times and the wider public may show more acceptance of such tracking, provided the data is anonymised and doesn&#8217;t continue beyond the end of the current crisis. Nevertheless there are fears that even anonymised data can be used to identify people, such as when combined with other information sources.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage the Government hasn&#8217;t been clear about their plans, although we hope they don&#8217;t go down the path of trying to track every individual and using it as a platform to issue fines or warnings. Location data from mobile phones lacks context and so may struggle to accurately represent the reason for somebody&#8217;s movements outside the home (e.g. going to work, delivering food to a vulnerable individual, funerals etc.).<\/p>\n<p>More to the point it would be easy to circumvent by simply switching off your mobile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Government appears to be considering an idea that could see them attempt to monitor the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) by working with mobile network operators (e.g. Three UK, Vodafone, BT (EE) and O2) to track the location data of handsets (Smartphones etc.), but it&#8217;ll only be able to use &#8220;properly anonymised&#8221; data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[109,38,479],"class_list":["post-21733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-internet-privacy","tag-politics","tag-security"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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