PRIVATT - a closer look at people’s data privacy attitudes in times of COVID-19
Conference paper
Trestian, R., Xie, G., Lohar, P., Celeste, E., Bendechache, M., Brennan, R. and Tal, I. 2021. PRIVATT - a closer look at people’s data privacy attitudes in times of COVID-19. IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom). Hybrid: In-Person in Athens, Greece and Virtual Conference 07 - 10 Sep 2021 IEEE. pp. 174-179 https://doi.org/10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647539
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | PRIVATT - a closer look at people’s data privacy attitudes in times of COVID-19 |
Authors | Trestian, R., Xie, G., Lohar, P., Celeste, E., Bendechache, M., Brennan, R. and Tal, I. |
Abstract | 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. |
Conference | IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom) |
Page range | 174-179 |
ISBN | |
Electronic | 9781665445054 |
Paperback | 9781665445061 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 Dec 2021 |
07 Sep 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Jul 2021 |
Accepted | 06 Jul 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | © 2021 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/MeditCom49071.2021.9647539 |
Language | English |
Book title | 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom) |
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