TY - GEN
T1 - PRIVATT - A Closer Look at People's Data Privacy Attitudes in Times of COVID-19
AU - Trestian, R.
AU - Xie, G.
AU - Lohar, P.
AU - Celeste, E.
AU - Bendechache, M.
AU - Brennan, R.
AU - Tal, I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124483260&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647539
DO - 10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647539
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:85124483260
T3 - 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2021
SP - 174
EP - 179
BT - 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2021
Y2 - 7 September 2021 through 10 September 2021
ER -
