Apple blocks England, Wales NHS COVID-19 app update over privacy rules
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What you need to know Apple has blocked an NHS contact tracing app update because it breaks a privacy rule. The contact tracing API the app uses prevents location data from being used but that didn`t stop the app from trying to do it. The rule has been there since day one. Apple has reportedly blocked an update to the NHS contact tracing app used by users in England and Wales after it was discovered to be trying to use location data in a way that is expressly forbidden. According to a new BBC report, the app update intended to have users upload their location check-ins if they were discovered to have contracted COVID-19. The idea was that users would then be contacted if they had checked in to the same location at the same time. But that use of location data is prohibited under Apple – and Google`s – terms. The plan had been to ask users to upload logs of venue check-ins - carried out via poster barcode scans - if they tested positive for the virus. This could be used t...