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How are different countries balancing privacy concerns around digital contact tracing apps

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • REPHRAIN: National Research centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence online (Phase II)

    The REsearch centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial INfluence online (REPHRAIN) brings together the UK's substantial academic, industry, policy and third sector capabilities to address the current tensions and...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on privacy concerns in the digital economy and addresses the balance between privacy and online harms.

  • REPHRAIN: Research centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence online

    The REsearch centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial INfluence online (REPHRAIN) will bring together the UK's substantial academic, industry, policy and third sector capabilities to address the current tensions...

    Funded by: SPF

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it focuses on privacy concerns and online harms, but does not specifically mention digital contact tracing apps.

  • Databox: Privacy-Aware Infrastructure for Managing Personal Data

    Building privacy, trust and security into the evolving digital ecosystem is broadly recognized as a key societal challenge. Regulatory activities in the US, Europe and Japan are complemented by industry initiatives that ...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it addresses privacy-aware infrastructure for managing personal data, but does not specifically mention digital contact tracing apps.

  • Privacy Value Networks

    Identity and privacy have recently rarely been out of the headlines. Government has justified the need to identify citizens and track behaviour or security reasons, and promoted data sharing with the promise of the benef...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it focuses on understanding the value of personal data and stakeholders' perception, but does not specifically mention digital contact tracing apps.

  • PRiMMA: Privacy Rights Management for Mobile Applications

    The age of Ubiquitous Computing is approaching fast: most people in the UK over the age of 8 carry mobile phones, which are becoming increasingly sophisticated interactive computing devices. Location-based services are a...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • Privacy Value Networks

    The Privacy Value Networks project (PVNets) is funded by the Technology Strategy Board as part of the EPAC (Ensuring Privacy And Consent) initiative. PVNets is a major three-year research project that will produce a str...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Taking surveillance apart?: Accountability and Legitimacy of Internet Surveillance and Expanded Investigatory Powers

    Digital technology has fundamentally changed communications, bringing benefits but also vulnerabilities which penetrate national borders. However, many cyber threats, such as hate speech or identity theft, are illegal on...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • DATA - PSST! Debating and Assessing Transparency Arrangements - Privacy, Security, Surveillance, Trust

    Research Context Since whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations of 2013 we arguably live in a qualitatively and materially different techno-cultural period. Snowden revealed the surveillance activities of US and UK go...

    Funded by: ESRC

  • PryMe, a Universal Framework to Measure the Strength of Privacy-enhancing Technologies

    Privacy is a universal value and an important matter of human rights, security, and freedom of expression. However, in the digital era privacy is increasingly becoming eroded, and existing protections in terms of laws an...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • Equitable privacy

    Digital technologies are becoming pervasive in society, from online shopping and social interactions through to finance, banking, transportation. With a future vision of smart cities, driven by a real-time, data-driven, ...

    Funded by: EPSRC