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The Covid data spies paid to know ALL your secrets: Town halls harvest millions of highly personal details including if you’re being unfaithful or having unsafe sex – Daily Mail

  • A private firm inked deals with local authorities to gather data that can be used to predict who is likely to break lockdown, creating risk analyses for households
  • The system, called Covid OneView, is produced by data analytics firm Xantura
  • Councils said the aim is to help identify those most at risk from coronavirus
  • MPs have said the system lacks transparency and its not clear why so much information about residents’ lives was needed
  • Covid OneView can gather included notes on:
    • Unfaithful and unsafe sex, emotional health and wellbeing, sleep issues and dangerous pets
    • Anger management issues and socially unacceptable behaviour
    • Financial details, including debt, low income and tax arrears
    • School attendance, low school commitment and free school meals

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8994911/Town-halls-harvest-millions-personal-details-including-youre-unfaithful-debt.html