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COVID-19 Symptoms Tracker - Department of Education

Safe People

Organisation name

UK Government Department of Education

Organisation sector

Government Agency (Other)

Safe Projects

Project ID

1106

Lay summary

In support of this national response, this project is undertaking the following areas of work. Provide estimates of the incidence of COVID symptoms. The work will also seek to validate other sources of COVID surveillance

Public benefit statement

Specifically this project aims to provide an estimate of the incidence of COVID which can be used as an upstream indicator to estimate the reproductive number R. The information will also be used to compare information from surveillance sources such as GP surveillance with KCL data for validation and scaling purposes. The work will attempt to look at geographical and demographic variation in incidence. Anticipated outcomes of the project will be a timely, ongoing, estimate of incidence of COVID symptoms.

Latest approval date

27/04/2020

Safe Data

Dataset(s) name
Data sensitivity level

Anonymous

Legal basis for provision of data under Article 6

(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

Lawful conditions for provision of data under Article 9

(j) processing is necessary for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) based on Union or Member State law which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject.

Common Law Duty of Confidentiality

Not applicable

National data opt-out applied?

Not applicable

Safe Setting

Access type

TRE