Privacy Versus Health is a False Trade-off
Jacobin 17 April 2020
7 Pages Posted: 26 May 2020
Date Written: May 26, 2020
Abstract
As tech firms team up with governments to fight the coronavirus pandemic, we’re being asked to accept a trade-off between our digital privacy and our health. It’s a false choice: we can achieve the public health benefits of data without accepting abusive and illicit surveillance.
Keywords: Privacy, public health, COVID-19, data governance
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Goldenfein, Jake and Green, Ben and Viljoen, Salome, Privacy Versus Health is a False Trade-off (May 26, 2020). Jacobin 17 April 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3610490

