It gets worse when you look at who else has contracts to process this lovely, juicy data.
Then you look at the privacy policy of the test and trace system which permits NHS test and trace to retain the data for 20 years…
The personally identifiable information collected by NHS Test and Trace for people with COVID-19 symptoms is kept by Public Health England for 20 years.
You have the right to delete this personal data though, right? Nope!
You can ask for any information held about you to be deleted. This is not an absolute right and Public Health England may need to continue to use your information. We will tell you why if this is the case.
