COVID-19 Case Tracking System in Quarantine Policy: Focus on the Privacy Shift Concept and Application in South Korea

This study analyzed how Korea’s quarantine policy manages personal information to prevent and control COVID-19. Korea effectively halted the spread of COVID-19 through epidemiological investigations and cell-broadcast systems. In this process, the route of infection is presented without identifying...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Moon, Kwansik, Kim, Nackhwan, Lee, Jemin Justin, Yoon, Hyunsik, Lee, Kyungho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9516992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811270
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Sumario:This study analyzed how Korea’s quarantine policy manages personal information to prevent and control COVID-19. Korea effectively halted the spread of COVID-19 through epidemiological investigations and cell-broadcast systems. In this process, the route of infection is presented without identifying the patient, and the necessary participants are selected only through authentication. We found a correlation between the number of emergency text messages sent by the Ministry of Interior and Safety in 2020 and the number of confirmed cases (R(2) = 0.465, p < 0.001). Based on Korea’s case, we propose a new concept for solving the personal information problems that might arise during a pandemic response.

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