From the recent push to bring innovation into the civil service, to Matt Hancock’s insistence that technology is key to building a sustainable NHS, the UK undoubtedly has a technophile government. But, people are rightly concerned about the government’s intrusion into their lives and their privacy.

From the failure of a coronavirus-tracking app, to the 2017 NHS data breach that leaked the medical records of 26 million people, Britons’ trust of the government with their data is at an all-time low.