Claim: Emergency Alerts will let the government know which phones are active, where they are, and will link the government to a user's personal data through the data collected when they signed into a venue using the NHS Covid-19 app during the pandemic.
Fact-check: Emergency Alerts won't match personal data with information collected during the pandemic - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not true. the government will not be able to tell which phones are active or where they are, and the alerts do not use or collect any personal data. the nhs covid-19 app did not share personal details, and only held venue check-in data for 21 days.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Evie Townend
Date published: 2023-03-24T00:00:00