Fundamental privacy rights in a pandemic state

Carvalho, Tânia; Faria, Pedro; Antunes, Luís; Moniz, Nuno

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“…Recent research has sought to understand the impact of changes in both ICT use and privacy governance, relative to pandemic sociotechnical systems (e.g., Carvalho et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2020). In specifically exploring the statements released by hospital systems about the use of technology to meet telehealth needs, and examining documentation around technology practices in the same hospitals throughout the pandemic, there is evidence that: (1) the norms of the emergency context overrode rules about privacy;…”

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The Usage and Impact of ICTs during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Yang¹,

Zhu²,

Fichman³

2023

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This book takes a holistic view of the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) during the pandemic through the lens of social informatics, as it is critical to our understanding of the relations between society and technology. Specific attention is given to various stakeholders and social contexts, with analysis at the individual, group, community, and society levels.Pushing the boundaries of information science research with timely and critical research questions, this edited volume showcases information science research in the context of COVID-19, by specifically accentuating sociotechnical practices, activities, and ICT interventions during the pandemic. Its social informatics focus appeals to a broad audience, and its global and international orientation provides a timely, innovative, and much-needed perspective to information science. This book is unique in its interdisciplinary nature as it consists of research studies on the intersections between ICTs and health, culture, social interaction, civic engagement, information dissemination, work, and education. Chapters apply a range of research methods, including questionnaire surveys, content analyses, and case studies from countries in Asia, Europe, and America, as well as global and international comparisons.The book's primary target audience includes scholars and students in information and library science, particularly those interested in the social aspect of the information society. It may be of interest to information professionals, library practitioners, educators, and information policymakers, as well as scholars and students in science and technology studies, cultural studies, political science, public administration, sociology, and communication studies.

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The Usage and Impact of ICTs during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Yang¹,

Zhu²,

Fichman³

2023

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Public health, surveillance systems and preventive medicine in an interconnected world

Gomes¹,

Rebelo²,

Sousa³

2022

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Privacy Protection Techniques Developed for COVID-19 Pandemic

Majeed

Hwang

2021

IEEE Access

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Since the emergence of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, every country has implemented digital solutions in the form of mobile applications, web-based frameworks, and/or integrated platforms in which huge amounts of personal data are collected for various purposes (e.g., contact tracing, suspect search, and quarantine monitoring). These systems not only collect basic data about individuals but, in most cases, very sensitive data like their movements, spatio-temporal activities, travel history, visits to churches/clubs, purchases, and social interactions. While collection and utilization of person-specific data in different contexts is essential to limiting the spread of COVID-19, it increases the chances of privacy breaches and personal data misuse. Recently, many privacy protection techniques (PPTs) have been proposed based on the person-specific data included in different data types (e.g., tables, graphs, matrixes, barcodes, and geospatial data), and epidemic containment strategies (ECSs) (contact tracing, quarantine monitoring, symptom reports, etc.) in order to minimize privacy breaches and to permit only the intended uses of such personal data. In this paper, we present an extensive review of the PPTs that have been recently proposed to address the diverse privacy requirements/concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe the heterogeneous types of data collected to control this pandemic, and the corresponding PPTs, as well as the paradigm shifts in personal data handling brought on by this pandemic. We systemically map the recently proposed PPTs into various ECSs and data lifecycle phases, and present an in-depth review of existing PPTs and evaluation metrics employed for analysis of their suitability. We describe various PPTs developed during the COVID-19 period that leverage emerging technologies, such as federated learning, blockchain, privacy by design, and swarm learning, to name a few. Furthermore, we discuss the challenges of preserving individual privacy during a pandemic, the role of privacy regulations/laws, and promising future research directions. With this article, our aim is to highlight the recent PPTs that have been specifically proposed for the COVID-19 arena, and point out research gaps for future developments in this regard.

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Fundamental privacy rights in a pandemic state

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

The Usage and Impact of ICTs during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Usage and Impact of ICTs during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Public health, surveillance systems and preventive medicine in an interconnected world

A Comprehensive Analysis of Privacy Protection Techniques Developed for COVID-19 Pandemic

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