Submitted on Monday 27th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Use COVID-19 contact tracing from Apple / Google instead of a centralised system
The government and NHS is proposing a custom COVID-19 phone-based contact tracing application which uses a centralised model to track and trace contacts. This should be scrapped and replaced with the decentralised contact tracing protocol developed by Apple and Google, designed to respect privacy.
Apple and Google have developed a contact-tracing protocol which carefully respects users' privacy and is reviewed and vetted by technologists worldwide.
The UK government wants to use a custom system developed in conjunction with GCHQ to track people.
The UK's centralised system by it's nature is worse for users' privacy, and is more prone to hacking.
The UK's centralised system is worse for the battery life on phones.
The UK's custom system should be scrapped and the better system used.
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318978
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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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