On the responsible use of digital data to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

Marcello Ienca; Effy Vayena

doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0832-5

On the responsible use of digital data to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

Nat Med. 2020 Apr;26(4):463-464. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0832-5.

Authors

Marcello Ienca¹, Effy Vayena²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences & Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. marcello.ienca@hest.ethz.ch.
² Department of Health Sciences & Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

Large-scale collection of data could help curb the COVID-19 pandemic, but it should not neglect privacy and public trust. Best practices should be identified to maintain responsible data-collection and data-processing standards at a global scale.

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Big Data
COVID-19
Cell Phone*
Confidentiality*
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Data Accuracy*
Data Collection / methods*
Data Management* / standards
Databases, Factual
Disclosure*
Epidemiological Monitoring
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Media*
Trust