Privacy in the Time of COVID-19: Divergent Paths for Contact Tracing and Route-Disclosure Mechanisms in South Korea
Sangchul Park, Gina Choi, Haksoo Ko
Abstract
In response to COVID-19, Korea has implemented digital contact tracing and patient route disclosure schemes. While the former has been embraced more willingly, the latter has been shunned due to privacy concerns, demonstrating that privacy is highly dynamic and is of contextual value.
Topics & Concepts
Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Internet privacyTracingValue (mathematics)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Computer securityComputer scienceMedicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseOperating systemMachine learningPathologyOutbreakCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionData-Driven Disease Surveillance