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Technology In The Service Of Coronavirus Containment: Potential Threats To Human Rights Protection

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  • Marta Kolodziejczyk

    (Jagiellonian University Center for European Studies, Krakow)

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The Coronavirus pandemic 2020 constitutes a challenge to not only for national health systems, and individuals around the world, but also for ones privacy protection in a circum-stances where tech companies such as Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Amazon, and Google having at their disposal growing troves of its users’ data, are currently exploring ways to use them in the fight against COVID-19. In a state of coronavirus pandemic emergency, individual rights and freedoms might be again sacrificed for the sake of security, as it occurred after September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA and as well in Europe afterwards. Bearing that in mind, one has to be aware of possible threats in order to balance one's priorities. Hence, this article describes the evolution of surveillance technologies and their appliance in the circumstances of coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Marta Kolodziejczyk, 2020. "Technology In The Service Of Coronavirus Containment: Potential Threats To Human Rights Protection," Medzinarodne vztahy (Journal of International Relations), Ekonomická univerzita, Fakulta medzinárodných vzťahov, vol. 18(2), pages 156-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:brv:journl:v:18:y:2020:i:2:p:156-181
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    Keywords

    biometrics; pandemic; Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions; freedom of the speech; privacy rights;
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    JEL classification:

    • K1 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law
    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law

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