By Melissa Stock, barrister, Normanton Chambers
The past two decades have seen the development of technology at an extraordinary pace. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the application of technology in the U.K. to try to tackle some of the problems that it has created. From the NHS’s tracking mobile phone application to virtual medical consultations, there can be no doubt that technology has come to the fore. But with the use of technology comes a plethora of potential problems.
There are concerns about the use of personal information gathered, both now and in the future. For example, how securely is such data being stored and is the organisation collecting the data likely to become the target of a data breach? Is the information being used in a way that the person would object to, eve...
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