Strategies to enable the reopening of businesses and schools in countries emerging from social-distancing measures revolve around knowledge of who has COVID-19 or is displaying recognized symptoms, the people with whom they have had physical contact, and which groups are most likely to experience adverse outcomes. Efforts to clarify these issues are drawing on the collection and use of large datasets about peoples’ movements and their health. In this Comment, we outline the importance of earning social license for public approval of big data initiatives, and specify principles of data law and data governance practices that can promote social license. We provide illustrative examples from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

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COVID-19 时代使用大数据的社会许可


在刚刚摆脱社交距离措施的国家，企业和学校重新开放的战略围绕着了解谁感染了 COVID-19 或正在表现出公认的症状、与他们有过身体接触的人以及哪些群体最有可能经历感染不良后果。澄清这些问题的努力正在利用有关人们的活动及其健康的大型数据集的收集和使用。在本评论中，我们概述了获得社会许可对于公众批准大数据举措的重要性，并具体说明了可以促进社会许可的数据法和数据治理实践的原则。我们提供来自美国、加拿大和英国的说明性示例。