COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Data Protection Can Go Together
Johannes Abeler, Matthias Bäcker, Ulf Buermeyer, Hannah Zillessen
Abstract
We discuss the implementation of app-based contact tracing to control the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and discuss its data protection and user acceptability aspects.
Topics & Concepts
Contact tracingCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)CoronavirusTracingComputer scienceDisease controlVirologyInternet privacyInfectious disease (medical specialty)MedicineDiseaseOutbreakOperating systemPathologyCOVID-19 Digital Contact TracingMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsData-Driven Disease Surveillance