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The LTIO said it would work with the Government to ensure that the UK industry had the world's 'highest ethical and professional standards'. Providers also had to score 3.5 or above on the independent Trustpilot rating website.
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Only providers which followed a code of conduct based on the letter the CMA sent out could get the kitemark.
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The LTIO vowed to create a 'gold standard accreditation process and kitemark to provide consumer certainty'. In one of eight recommendations the CMA advised doing this by 'improving the basic standards to qualify for inclusion and remaining on the gov.uk list'. No10's consumer watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), advised the Government to create a one-stop shop list of approved test providers. The formation of LTIO came after vows from the Government to crackdown on the PCR test market, which was likened to the 'Wild West', with firms labelled by ministers as 'acting like cowboys' by advertising misleading prices on the Government websites. 'That means testing schemes must be fair and transparent and we've worked with organisations throughout the pandemic to ensure people's privacy is considered from the outset.'Ĭignpost Diagnostics, which was among the Covid test providers approved by the Government this year, spoke of plans to sell the sensitive medical data in order to 'learn more about human health' For it to succeed, people must have trust and confidence in how their personal data is used. 'Testing is a key tool to help people go back out and enjoy life as we emerge from the pandemic. People should be told about what's happening to it in a clear, open and honest way so they can make informed decisions about whether they want to give it up. In a statement issued to MailOnline, IOC Deputy Commissioner Steve Wood said: 'There is no personal data more sensitive than our DNA. The ICO said it would 'look carefully' at information gathered by The Sunday Times about Cignpost Diagnostics. The firm has now removed references to its research programme from its privacy policy, The Sunday Times reports.
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(Stock image)īut the firm also states that data including 'biological samples' and 'genetic information' will be retained and DNA samples will be shared. The Covid-19 testing firm is being investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over its plans to sell customers' swabs for medical research. It is not yet clear how many swabs Cignpost Diagnostics, which is reported to have delivered up to three million tests since it was founded in June, have kept or if any have been sold for research purposes. They were instead asked to agree to a privacy policy which linked to another document outlining the firm's 'research programme'. The company, which was among the Covid test providers approved by the Government this year, had spoken of its plans to sell the sensitive medical data in order to 'learn more about human health'.īut those booking Covid tests with the firm, which trades as ExpressTest, were not clearly told their swabs could be sold to 'collaborators' working with the company or independently, including universities and private companies, for medical research.
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data privacy watchdog, said it would 'look carefully' at information gathered about Cignpost Diagnostics over its plans to sell customers' swabs.
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A Covid-19 testing firm is under investigation after it said it planned sell DNA samples from customers to third parties for research.