The evolving social contract on data: Balancing data sharing and data protection to facilitate contact tracing to control COVID-19

No AccessJun 2021The evolving social contract on data: Balancing data sharing and data protection to facilitate contact tracing to control COVID-19Authors/Editors: World BankWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1600-0_Spotlight6_1AboutView ChaptersFull TextPDF (0.1 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: Warns that the need for immediate and reliable information about COVID-19 has tested the systems in place for protecting data. International and national laws recognize that, in extraordinary circumstances, certain fundamental rights, including the right to data protection, may face restriction as long as basic democratic principles and safeguards remain ensured, and the restriction proves legitimate, time limited, and not arbitrary. Despite the benefits of contact tracing strategies to track down any individual who might have come into contact with an infected person, it raises several concerns including (1) tools relying on location tracing may prove construed as unwarranted surveillance and an infringement to privacy; (2) personal data collected in contact tracing currently flow beyond trusted parties and organizations, reaching more third parties than accounted for in current governance models; and (3) using geographic location in contact tracing may prove inaccurate and inefficient because it does not provide all of the relevant facts. ReferencesAccess Now. 2020. "Recommendations on Privacy and Data Protection in the Fight against COVID-19." Access Now, Brooklyn, NY, March 2020. https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2020/03/Access-Now-recommendations-on-Covid-and-data-protection-and-privacy.pdf. Google ScholarEconomist. 2020. "Privacy Be Damned: Some Countries Want Central Databases for Contact-Tracing Apps." April 30, 2020. https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/04/30/some-countries-want-central-databases-for-contact-tracing-apps. Google ScholareHealth Network. 2020. "Mobile Applications to Support Contact Tracing in the EU's Fight against COVID-19: Common EU Toolbox for Member States." Version 1.0, eHealth Network, Brussels, April 15, 2020. https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/ehealth/docs/covid-19_apps_en.pdf. Google ScholarFPF (Future of Privacy Forum). 2020. "Privacy & Pandemics: The Role of Mobile Apps (Chart)." FPF, Washington, DC, April 2020. https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/editPrivacy-Pandemics_-The-Role-of-Mobile-Apps-Chart-11.pdf. Google ScholarGoogle. 2020. "Apple and Google Partner on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology." Company Announcements (blog), April 10, 2020. https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/apple-and-google-partner-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology/. Google ScholarPan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (dashboard). n.d. "PEPP-PT." GitHub. Accessed December 15, 2020. https://github.com/pepp-pt. Google ScholarSabbagh, Dan and Alex Hern. 2020. "UK Abandons Contact-Tracing App for Apple and Google Model." Guardian, June 18, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/18/uk-poised-to-abandon-coronavirus-app-in-favour-of-apple-and-google-models. Google ScholarWHO (World Health Organization). 2020. "WHO Announces COVID-19 Outbreak a Pandemic." Media release, March 12, 2020. WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen. https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/3/who-announces-covid-19-outbreak-a-pandemic. Google ScholarYan, Holly. 2020. "Contact Tracing 101: How It Works, Who Could Get Hired, and Why It's So Critical in Fighting Coronavirus Now." CNN Health (blog), May 15, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/health/contact-tracing-explainer-coronavirus/index.html. Google Scholar Previous chapterNext chapter FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetails View Published: March 2021ISBN: 978-1-4648-1600-0e-ISBN: 978-1-4648-1601-7 Copyright & Permissions Related TopicsHealth Nutrition and PopulationInformation and Communication Technologies KeywordsSOCIAL CONTRACTCOVID-19CORONAVIRUSPANDEMICSINFORMATION SECURITYKNOWLEDGE SHARINGGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSGISGOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCEPRIVACYPERSONAL INFORMATIONCYBERSECURITYHUMAN RIGHTS PDF DownloadLoading ...