COVID Collab is developed by the RADAR-base Team at Precision Health Informatics Data Lab (PHIDL / PHIDataLab) which is a research group at King’s College London. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website and Mass Science application as part of the study.
Our group collects the following data:
You directly provide our group the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
COVID Collab, through the Mass Sci app, can also receive data from third party services where you have explicitly connected your account. For example: Heart rate, sleep, and steps are received from Fitbit if you chose to authorize use to access your Fitbit data through the app.
COVID Collab collects your data so that we can analyse it in order to answer important questions on:
If you agree, our group will share an anonymised copy of your data with other research groups at the conclusion of the study.
COVID Collab securely stores your data on the Google Cloud platform and on encrypted servers at King’s College London. Only pseudo-anonymised and processed data will be available to analysts; actual location coordinates will be stored encrypted and only accessed to process into pseudo-anonymised metrics. COVID Collab will keep your personal data for 2 years. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your personal data.
COVID Collab would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request COVID Collab for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that COVID Collab correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request COVID Collab to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that COVID Collab erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that COVID Collab restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to COVID Collab’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that COVID Collab transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us
At our email: covid-collab@kcl.ac.uk
Call us at: +44 (0)20 7848 0951
Or write to us:
PHIDatalab
Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics
SGDP Centre, PO80, IoPPN
King’s College London
De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AF
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For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
CoViD Collab uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Functionality – COVID Collab uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
The COVID Collab website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
COVID Collab keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 05 June 2020.
If you have any questions about CoViD Collab’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
At our email: covid-collab@kcl.ac.uk
Call us at: +44 (0)20 7848 0951
Or write to us:
PHIDatalab
Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics
SGDP Centre, PO80, IoPPN
King’s College London
De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AF
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Email: casework@ico.org.uk
Website address: https://ico.org.uk/