Comment on “Containing COVID-19 Among 627,386 Persons in Contact With the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Passengers Who Disembarked in Taiwan: Big Data Analytics” (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rock Liu
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Base Station ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government

BACKGROUND The Diamond Princess Cruise outbreak of new corona virus (COVID-19) infection on 2nd February, and more than 2,000 passengers have entered Taiwan, causing concern. The government uses a lot of information to complete the electronic map of cruise passengers within a day, and sends a cell message to the 620,000 people who have contacted the cruise passengers, followed by more than one tracking, if there are respiratory symptoms or pneumonia; then go for an inspection. Chen [1] et al.’s paper has two main points. One is to use the online signal between the mobile phone and the base station to find out the people who have contacted the Princess Diamond passenger. The second is to the 620,000 people who have contacted the Princess Diamond passenger. Use the health insurance database for follow-up health tracking. OBJECTIVE Disease control and prevention sometimes conflict with personal data protection and privacy [6-7, 10]. Science and technology and law always come from human nature [8-9]. How make the balances of both, we needs people's wisdom [11]. METHODS Although the effectiveness of Taiwan’s control against the new coronavirus epidemic is very good, it has taken the lead in violating the law in this practice. The paper by Chen et al. claimed that in the face of new epidemic diseases such as the new coronavirus, it is possible to directly access personal data without obtaining personal consent. According to the investigation, there are currently three laws in Taiwan: 1) Communicable Disease Control Act [3]. 2) The Communication Security and Surveillance Act [4]. 3) Personal Data Protection Act [5]. Those are not mentioned that the government directly calls individuals without personal authorization under special circumstances, such as the new coronavirus epidemic. Therefore, the government violated the law in this case. On the other hand, the paper also emulates South Korea’s policies [2] and practices in the new coronavirus epidemic, such as cell phone positioning, electronic medical records, swipe records, and monitors. South Korea’s laws do not satisfy to Taiwan. Here is another wrong example. RESULTS We know that the world is fighting against the new coronavirus, but this cannot allow the Taiwan government to use it as a reasonable excuse for infringing on personal privacy. Although the other countries have serious new coronavirus epidemics, they seal the city or limit the people’s social distance, and do not violate personal privacy. How to strike a balance between controlling the epidemic situation and protecting personal data and privacy, it is the direction we need to work hard in the future. CONCLUSIONS How to strike a balance between controlling the epidemic situation and protecting personal data and privacy, it is the direction we need to work hard in the future.

scholarly journals Investigating the efficacy of the Egyptian Data Protection Law on Media Freedom: Journalists’ perceptions

2022 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-118
Author(s):  
Miral-Sabry AlAshry
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Press Freedom ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the Egyptian Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 for 2020, as well as its implications for journalistic practice. More specifically, the focal point of this study was to explore how Egyptian journalists interpret the law and its implication for press freedom in Egypt. The underpinning theoretical framework was informed by the Authoritarian school of thought. Questionnaires were distributed to 199 journalists from both independent and semi-governmental representing thirteen official newspapers of Egypt, while in-depth interviews were done with (3) Editors, (4) journalists, and (3) human rights lawyers. The finding of the study indicated that the government placed restrictions on journalists by using Data Protection Law relating to the media. That law is negatively impacting journalists and media houses. It was clear from the findings that the journalists see the law as an obstacle to media independence, as it allows the government to exercise greater information control through digital policy and puts rules of regulation against journalists.

scholarly journals PERLINDUNGAN DATA REKAM MEDIS SEBAGAI BENTUK PERLINDUNGAN DATA PRIBADI PASIEN SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfian Listya Kurniawan ◽  
Anang Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government

<p><em>This study aims to analyze the efforts made by the government in order to protect personal data, especially related to patient medical records. In the midst of the rampant Corona Virus Disease-19 (hereinafter referred to as Covid 19) pandemic in Indonesia. Often the identity of the patient or person who has been exposed to Covid 19 is known by the community in their environment, which has implications for the isolation of the patient from the surrounding community. There are also frequent leaks of the identity of Covid-19 patients in the surrounding community due to information coming out of the hospital with the aim of preventing the spread of the virus which basically violates the provisions regarding the privacy of patients with Covid 19. suffered by someone is also widely spread to the public. Based on this, it is necessary to study how the government should regulate the protection of medical records in the future, especially regarding the current Covid-19 pandemic.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> Medical records, Personal Data Protection, Covid-19.</em></p><p> </p><p>Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa upaya yang dilakukan pemerintah dalam rangka melindungi data pribadi khususnya terkait dengan rekam medis pasien. Ditengah maraknya pandemi Corona Virus Disease-19 (Selanjutnya disebut dengan Covid 19) di Indonesia. Seringkali identitas penderita atau orang yang telah terpapar Covid 19 diketahui oleh masyarakat di lingkunganya, yang berimplikasi pada diasingkannya penderita tersebut dari masyarakat sekitar. Sering terjadi juga bocornya identitas pasien Covid-19 dimasyarakat lingkungan sekitar yang diakibatkan informasi yang keluar dari pihak rumah sakit dengan tujuan pencegahan penyebaran virus tersebut yang pada dasarnya melanggar ketentuan mengenai privasi pasien penderita Covid 19, lebih buruk sering kali data rekam medis lain termasuk penyakit yang diderita seseorang ikut tersebar luas ke publik. Berdasarkan hal tersebut perlu dijaki bagaimana seharusnya pengaturan mengenai perlindungan terhadap rekam medis kedepannya terlebih terkait pandemi Covid 19 saat ini.</p><p align="center"><strong>Kata Kunci:</strong> Rekam Medis, Perlindungan Data Pribadi, Covid-19.</p>

scholarly journals Analysis Principles of Personal Data Protection on COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing Application: PeduliLindungi Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
Anugrah Muhtarom Pratama ◽  
Umi Khaerah Pati
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

This article aims to review the application of the principle of personal data protection as part of privacy rights in the PeduliLindungi application considering that on the one hand, the PeduliLindungi application helps the government to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But on the other hand, there is a threat of misuse of personal data in the future. This background article is based on the use of the PeduliLindungi application, which was initially used to track the spread of the virus during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it seems that the public will increasingly use its use in the future, especially now that it has begun to be planned as an e-wallet and started integrating with several other applications. This article reveals that there has been a dual role by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics as a supervisor and controller of personal data in Indonesia so that it has implications for the PeduliLindungi application that has not fully applied the principles of personal data protection when collecting, processing, and storing personal data. For the future, a comprehensive legal development drive is needed related to the protection of personal data. There is a personal data protection agency and Data Protection Officer (DPO) to more strongly enforce the principles of personal data protection.

Importance of Personal Data Protection Law for Commercial Air Transport

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Dawid Zadura
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Data Protection Law ◽  
The Law

Abstract In the review below the author presents a general overview of the selected contemporary legal issues related to the present growth of the aviation industry and the development of aviation technologies. The review is focused on the questions at the intersection of aviation law and personal data protection law. Massive processing of passenger data (Passenger Name Record, PNR) in IT systems is a daily activity for the contemporary aviation industry. Simultaneously, since the mid- 1990s we can observe the rapid growth of personal data protection law as a very new branch of the law. The importance of this new branch of the law for the aviation industry is however still questionable and unclear. This article includes the summary of the author’s own research conducted between 2011 and 2017, in particular his audits in LOT Polish Airlines (June 2011-April 2013) and Lublin Airport (July - September 2013) and the author’s analyses of public information shared by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Air Transport Association (IATA), Association of European Airlines (AEA), Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) and (GIODO). The purpose of the author’s research was to determine the applicability of the implementation of technical and organizational measures established by personal data protection law in aviation industry entities.

scholarly journals Personas datu aizsardzības mērķis un tiesiskā regulējuma vēsturiskā attīstība

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
Agnese Reine-Vītiņa
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Right To Privacy ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Mūsdienās tiesības uz privāto dzīvi nepieciešamas ikvienā demokrātiskā sabiedrībā, un šo tiesību iekļaušana konstitūcijā juridiski garantē fiziskas personas rīcības brīvību un vienlaikus arī citu – valsts pamatlikumā noteikto – cilvēka tiesību īstenošanu [5]. Personas datu aizsardzības institūts tika izveidots, izpratnes par tiesību uz personas privātās dzīves neaizskaramību saturu paplašinot 20. gadsimta 70. gados, kad vairāku Eiropas valstu valdības uzsāka informācijas apstrādes projektus, piemēram, tautas skaitīšanu u. c. Informācijas tehnoloģiju attīstība ļāva arvien vairāk informācijas par personām glabāt un apstrādāt elektroniski. Viena no tiesību problēmām bija informācijas vākšana par fizisku personu un tiesību uz privātās dzīves neaizskaramību ievērošana. Lai nodrošinātu privātās dzīves aizsardzību, atsevišķas Eiropas valstis pēc savas iniciatīvas pieņēma likumus par datu aizsardzību. Pirmie likumi par personas datu aizsardzību Eiropā tika pieņemti Vācijas Federatīvajā Republikā, tad Zviedrijā (1973), Norvēģijā (1978) un citur [8, 10]. Ne visas valstis pieņēma likumus par datu aizsardzību vienlaikus, tāpēc Eiropas Padome nolēma izstrādāt konvenciju, lai unificētu datu aizsardzības noteikumus un principus. Nowadays, the right to privacy is indispensable in every democratic society and inclusion of such rights in the constitution, guarantees legally freedom of action of a natural person and, simultaneously, implementation of other human rights established in the fundamental law of the state. The institute of personal data protection was established by expanding the understanding of the content of the right to privacy in the 70’s of the 19th century, when the government of several European countries initiated information processing projects, such as population census etc. For the development of information technology, more and more information on persons was kept and processed in electronic form. One of the legal problems was gathering of information on natural persons and the right to privacy. In order to ensure the protection of privacy, separate European countries, on their own initiative, established a law on data protection. The first laws on the protection of personal data in Europe were established in the Federal Republic of Germany, then in Sweden (1973), Norway (1978) and elsewhere. Not all countries adopted laws on data protection at the same time, so the Council of Europe decided to elaborate a convention to unify data protection rules and principles.

scholarly journals Applicable Law to Transnational Personal Data: Trends and Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1283-1308
Author(s):  
Jie (Jeanne) Huang
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Regional Coordination ◽  
The Law ◽  
Model Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe recent COVID-19 outbreak has pushed the tension of protecting personal data in a transnational context to an apex. Using a real case where the personal data of an international traveler was illegally released by Chinese media, this Article identifies three trends that have emerged at each stage of conflict-of-laws analysis for lex causae: (1) The EU, the US, and China characterize the right to personal data differently; (2) the spread-out unilateral applicable law approach comes from the fact that all three jurisdictions either consider the law for personal data protection as a mandatory law or adopt connecting factors leading to the law of the forum; and (3) the EU and China strongly advocate deAmericanization of substantive data protection laws. The trends and their dynamics provide valuable implications for developing the choice of laws for transnational personal data. First, this finding informs parties that jurisdiction is a predominant issue in data breach cases because courts and regulators would apply the law of the forum. Second, currently, there is no international treaty or model law on choice-of-law issues for transnational personal data. International harmonization efforts will be a long and difficult journey considering how the trends demonstrate not only the states’ irreconcilable interests but also how states may consider these interests as their fundamental values that they do not want to trade off. Therefore, for states and international organizations, a feasible priority is to achieve regional coordination or interoperation among states with similar values on personal data protection.

China’s personal data protection regime takes shape

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Considerable Importance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Law ◽  
Foreign Governments ◽  
Security Inspection

Significance Once finalised and promulgated, probably sometime in late 2021 or 2022, it will be China’s first comprehensive piece of legislation to govern the collection, processing and use of personal data. There are significant ramifications for domestic and foreign businesses. Impacts Security inspection requirements for cross-border transfers of personal data could have considerable importance for foreign firms. The law may be used to sanction foreign firms or retaliate against foreign governments. The law aims to settle a long-running turf war between regulators, to eliminate duplicate licensing, enforcement and inspection regimes.

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