Not all apps are created equal: privacy and ethics should impact design, adoption of contact tracing tools

The pandemic context increases the vulnerability of a population asked to use largely untested and unproven technologies.

Because contact-tracing apps bring together highly sensitive personal health information and location/activity data, privacy is a major issue, writes Teresa Scassa.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY TERESA SCASSA

May 6, 2020

As governments world-wide contemplate COVID-19 “return-to-normal” strategies, contact-tracing apps have become part of the conversation. Tracing and notification of those who have had contact with an infected person is a major public health role in a pandemic. Contact-tracing apps are meant to s...

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