Latin America Hopes Big Data Can Beat the Virus. But There Are Risks.
Latin America Hopes Big Data Can Beat the Virus. But There Are Risks.
Governments should use personal data to fight the pandemic, not our privacy.
The world has fought pandemics before, but for the first time, authorities have at hand the powerful tools that come from digital technologies and the real-time collection of personal data. All over the world apps are being developed and personal information collected to follow the spread of the disease and supervise quarantines. Latin America, a region where privacy protection and enforcement is uneven, has also started to implement data-driven responses. This combination might help address the coronavirus outbreak, but it also threatens the privacy of citizens.
Countries are...
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