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Big data, privacy and COVID-19 - learning from humanitarian expertise in data
protection
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Zwitter A
; Gstrein OJ
J Int Humanit Action
2020[]; 5
(1
): 4
PMID38624331
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The COVID-19 pandemic leads governments around the world to resort to tracking
technology and other data-driven tools in order to monitor and curb the spread of
SARS-CoV-2. Such large-scale incursion into privacy and data protection is
unthinkable during times of normalcy. However, in times of a pandemic the use of
location data provided by telecom operators and/or technology companies becomes a
viable option. Importantly, legal regulations hardly protect people's privacy
against governmental and corporate misuse. Established privacy regimes are
focused on individual consent, and most human rights treaties know derogations
from privacy and data protection norms for states of emergency. This leaves
little safeguards nor remedies to guarantee individual and collective autonomy.
However, the challenge of responsible data use during a crisis is not novel. The
humanitarian sector has more than a decade of experience to offer. International
organisations and humanitarian actors have developed detailed guidelines on how
to use data responsibly under extreme circumstances. This article briefly
addresses the legal gap of data protection and privacy during this global crisis.
Then it outlines the state of the art in humanitarian practice and academia on
data protection and data responsibility during crisis.
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