Data rights group concerned as CSO collects Covid information

Antoin Ó Lachtnain expressed concern about the way pandemic-related information about people — including their vaccinations — was being handled. Picture: Larry Cummins

A leading data rights group has expressed concerns over the Covid-19 personal medical data being held by the Central Statistics Office.

Digital Rights Ireland has expressed reservations about the CSO allegedly “not being open and transparent about its dealings with medical data”.