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Holding Scotland’s digital Covid-19 response to a high standard
Open Rights Group (ORG) is in close consultation with the Scottish Government to ensure strong privacy protections for their test and trace system.
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10 Sep 2020 By Matthew Rice
Protect Scotland App launches
Note: 25 September – this blog, originally published on 10 September 2020 has been updated with links to Protect Scotland’s transparency section.
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01 Jun 2020 By Matthew Rice
4 key recommendations for Scotland’s AI strategy
In late summer of 2019 the Scottish Government announced that they would develop an AI Strategy for Scotland.
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28 May 2020 By Matthew Rice
We need to see proof of Scotland’s contact tracing privacy standards
As test and trace programmes are launched across the United Kingdom its time to revisit whether we have any further clarity on the privacy impact assessments of Scotland’s plans.
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04 May 2020 By Matthew Rice
Scotland’s different path on contact tracing is to be welcomed, but questions remain
Scotland seems to be taking a different path on the question of covid19 contact tracing, while this is welcome, questions remain the need to make sure this works for all of Scotland.
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