Facebook posts claim new Emergency Alerts will collect your personal data. One post says phones will be matched to data collected during the pandemic. These claims are false.
Personal dataThe alerts will also not enable the government to know if phones are active or where they are.: “The system uses the cell tower your phone is connected to. When an alert is triggered, all towers in the area will broadcast the alert.
“To do this the Government does not need to know the specific location or personal data on your device.”” and confirms that the alert does not require the government to know any individual phone numbers.about a post falsely claiming that phone companies breached GDPR by giving the government access to personal data.Since no data is collected by the Emergency Alert system, it isn’t possible for it to be matched with personal data collected during the pandemic, as the post claims.
The Cabinet Office confirmed the emergency alert will not prevent calls coming through or end a call in progress, and those calling a phone that has not acknowledged the alert will not be sent to voicemail. Notifications will still come through to the device’s home screen and will be underneath the emergency alert. However, the emergency alert will need to be acknowledged by pressing ‘ok’ before the phone can be used as usual.
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