[2] It does not show sensitive message content on the phone’s home screen or share photos with the in-phone gallery.
[3] It is hoped that it will stop staff sharing sensitive clinical information using consumer services such as WhatsApp.
[4] London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust installed the software to help staff communicate with each other and with patients more effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
[5] It was closed down on January 31 2022 after the Government suspended relevant terms of the UK 2018 Data Protection Act so professionals could freely use non-compliant consumer messaging platforms to communicate without fear of disapproval.
The company said it planned to “explore new markets in the EU and other regions in which health data protection is taken more seriously by governments and properly enforced by their respective regulators”.