PRIVA / A Closer Look at People's Data Privacy Attitudes in Times of COVID-19
2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2021
; : 174-179, 2021.
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| Scopus | ID: covidwho-1700289
ABSTRACT
The current Covid-19 global pandemic led to a proliferation of contact-tracing applications meant to help control and suppress the spread of the virus. However, the success of these contact-tracing apps relies on obtaining access to sensitive data stored on citizen's mobile devices. The approaches taken are different around the world. While the countries with a strong democratic and civil liberty ethos are encouraging voluntary adoption of contact-tracing apps by their citizens, other countries opted for forced mass surveillance methods that limit individual freedoms. As a result, the attempt to fight the global pandemic is actually testing people's attitudes towards privacy and government surveillance. In this context, this research introduces a pilot study examining people's privacy concerns in a time of Covid-19. The results show that people are willing to share their personal data in the interest of controlling the spread of the virus and save lives. © 2021 IEEE.
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