TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the Governance of Digital Contact Tracing in Response to COVID-19
T2 - Results of a Multi-National Study
AU - Hutler, Brian
AU - Blasimme, Alessandro
AU - Gur-Arie, Rachel
AU - Ali, Joseph
AU - Barnhill, Anne
AU - Hood, Amelia
AU - Kahn, Jeffrey
AU - Perkins, Nancy L.
AU - Regenberg, Alan
AU - Vayena, Effy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2023.
PY - 2022/3/8
Y1 - 2022/3/8
N2 - This paper describes the results of a multi-country survey of governance approaches for the use of digital contact tracing (DCT) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that the countries in our survey represent two distinct models of DCT governance, both of which are flawed. The data protection model emphasizes privacy protections at the expense of public health benefit, while the emergency response model sacrifices transparency and accountability, prompting concerns about excessive governance surveillance. The ethical and effective use of DCT in the future requires a new governance approach that is better suited to this novel use of mobile phone data to promote public health.
AB - This paper describes the results of a multi-country survey of governance approaches for the use of digital contact tracing (DCT) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that the countries in our survey represent two distinct models of DCT governance, both of which are flawed. The data protection model emphasizes privacy protections at the expense of public health benefit, while the emergency response model sacrifices transparency and accountability, prompting concerns about excessive governance surveillance. The ethical and effective use of DCT in the future requires a new governance approach that is better suited to this novel use of mobile phone data to promote public health.
KW - Digital Contact Tracing
KW - Pandemic Response
KW - Public Health Ethics
KW - Public Health Governance
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U2 - 10.1017/jme.2023.20
DO - 10.1017/jme.2023.20
M3 - Article
C2 - 36883392
AN - SCOPUS:85149564369
SN - 1073-1105
VL - 50
SP - 791
EP - 804
JO - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
JF - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
IS - 4
ER -