Privacy Versus Health is a False Trade-off

Jacobin 17 April 2020

7 Pages Posted: 26 May 2020

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Jake Goldenfein

Melbourne Law School - University of Melbourne

Ben Green

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Society of Fellows; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

Salome Viljoen

University of Michigan Law School; Harvard University

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

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

Jake Goldenfein (Contact Author)

Melbourne Law School - University of Melbourne ( email )

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Ben Green

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Society of Fellows ( email )

Ann Arbor, MI
United States

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy ( email )

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Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society ( email )

Harvard Law School
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Salome Viljoen

University of Michigan Law School ( email )

625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
United States

Harvard University ( email )

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Cambridge, MA 02138
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