Track and Trace Privacy Law By Nitya Kapadia, Year 12 North London Collegiate
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ovid-19 has affected 2020 in unprecedented ways. The rush for the vaccine, the need to social distance, rules for wearing
masks; last year, these terms would have made no sense to the general population. This year, these are the topics that swarm our everyday lives. In the midst of this, in finding a way to battle the virus and its effects, the UK government adopted the Track and Trace programme, in order to minimise the spread of the virus. However, in a technologically advanced world, where data is the newest and most precious commodity, there is an argument that the Track and Trace system will be an infringement upon our privacy, begging the question, can Track and Trace co-exist with the laws that protect our privacy?
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