Privacy in times of COVID-19: a pilot study in the Republic of Ireland
Conference paper
Xie, G., Lohar, P., Florea, C., Bendechache, M., Trestian, R., Brennan, R., Connolly, R. and Tal, I. 2021. Privacy in times of COVID-19: a pilot study in the Republic of Ireland. 4th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Privacy and Trust (iPAT 2021) to be held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2021). All-Digital Conference 17 - 20 Aug 2021 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). pp. 1-6 https://doi.org/10.1145/3465481.3470096
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | Privacy in times of COVID-19: a pilot study in the Republic of Ireland |
Authors | Xie, G., Lohar, P., Florea, C., Bendechache, M., Trestian, R., Brennan, R., Connolly, R. and Tal, I. |
Abstract | Contact tracing apps used in tracing and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 have sparked discussions and controversies worldwide with major concerns around privacy. COVID Tracker app used in the Republic of Ireland was praised in general for the way it addressed privacy and was used as baseline for other contact tracing apps worldwide. The success of the app is dependent on the general public uptake, hence their voice and attitude is the one that really matters. This paper focuses on developing a survey and the methods aiming to examine the attitudes toward privacy during COVID-19 of the general public in the Republic of Ireland and their impact on the uptake of the COVID tracker app. Various privacy models are used and health belief model as well in this purpose. A pilot study with 286 participants show a change in attitude towards privacy during COVID-19 pandemic, with more people willing to share their data in the interest of saving lives. However, privacy attitudes are shown to have impacted the adoption of the app in Ireland. |
Conference | 4th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Privacy and Trust (iPAT 2021) to be held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2021) |
Page range | 1-6 |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9781450390514 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Publication dates | |
17 Aug 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Jul 2021 |
Accepted | 01 Jun 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2021 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1145/3465481.3470096 |
Language | English |
Book title | ARES 2021: The 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security |
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