Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing: privacy information, DHSC (updated 10th September 2020)

Privacy notice on COVID-19 virus testing for critical workers and their household members who are self-isolating because they ' re showing symptoms. 10 September 2020 Added new document: ' Antibody testing for coronavirus: privacy information ' . 8 July 2020 In the privacy information and quick read: changed “if it is confirmed that that you contracted COVID-19 from a work-related exposure your employer is obliged to report this to the Health and Safety Executive” to “if there is reasonable evidence that you contracted COVID-19 from a work-related exposure your employer is obliged to report this t o the Health and Safety Executive”. Added “contacting you (if you test positive) as part of the government contact tracing programme” and “sharing your coronavirus test result with your local hospital, if you are booked in for elective surgery” to the lists of purposes your data and inform ation will be used for. In the privacy information, updated NHS Digital ' s role under ' List of data controllers and data processors ' and in Annex 2. Updated Deloitte ' s role in Annex 2.
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