O2 denies claims Government asked it to hand over anonymous mobile phone location data 'to check whether people are following coronavirus social distances guidelines'

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[Daily Fear Mail]: Mobile phone network O2 today denied claims the Government had asked it to hand over user location data to ensure Britons are following social distancing guidelines.

Sky News had initially claimed that the anonymous data will help ensure people obey the guidance amid the coronavirus outbreak, before deleting their report.

Sources at O2 told MailOnline the claims were untrue and not representative of how all phone networks are being asked to help the Government. A later Sky News article claimed the Government was working with O2 to analyse location data.

Some Twitter users were angered by the initial report, with one saying 'I will leave O2 if this happens' and another asking: 'Isn't that a breach of privacy and human rights?'

However others claimed it would not be a breach of privacy if the data remained anonymous, and instead be a 'useful tracker of where potential virus carriers are'. 

 

Sources within O2 told MailOnline today that nothing is happening yet, but there are discussions at an early stage being held with all mobile phone operators...<<>>...