The Ethics of COVID-19 Tracking Apps -- Challenges and Voluntariness

Autor/inn/en	Klar, Renate; Lanzerath, Dirk
Titel	The Ethics of COVID-19 Tracking Apps -- Challenges and Voluntariness
Quelle	In: Research Ethics, 16 (2020) 3-4, (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Klar, Renate) ORCID (Lanzerath, Dirk)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-0161
DOI	10.1177/1747016120943622
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Ethics; Computer Oriented Programs; Handheld Devices; Volunteers; Disease Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Computerprogramm; Freiwilliger
Abstract	As COVID-19 continues to spread, a variety of COVID-19 tracking apps (CTAs) have been introduced to help contain the pandemic. Deployment of this technology poses serious challenges of effectiveness, technological problems and risks to privacy and equity. The "ethical" use of CTAs depends heavily on the protection of voluntariness. Voluntary use of CTAs implies not only the absence of a legal obligation to employ the app but also the absence of more subtle forms of coercion such as enforced exclusion from certain social and work activities. The protection of individual rights to voluntary use can be enhanced through an ethics by design approach in the development of CTAs that treat the introduction of CTAs for what it is: a complete novelty that is being tested for the first time in democracies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01