Some contact tracers working for England’s test and trace system are thought to have been working from abroad, the Guardian has learned, with one company resorting to tracking its employees’ locations. The Guardian was shown a presentation sent to workers at the company about working from home, which includes information for tracers about how to use geo-tracking, which ensures staff are working from a UK IP address. According to NHS professionals, the health service’s job portal, clinical contact tracers “must be based in the UK to work”. In December, the Guardian revealed that England’s test and trace service was being subcontracted to a myriad of private companies employing inexperienced contact tracers under pressure to meet targets. Ravi Naik, a data rights lawyer, said: “Test and trace has been fraught with data protection concerns from its outset.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2021 11:05 UTC