The COVID -19 pandemic has seen a rise in the deployment of digital health technologies. This includes those aimed at identifying the infected and making sure they did not spread the infection any further as well as other technologies providing data driven insights aimed at improving the effectiveness of decisions such as locking down certain areas and allowing others to re-open. This paper attempts to evaluate the socio-legal implications of the use of these technologies with a particular focus on privacy. It does that by examining a range of data technologies that were deployed during the pandemic with a view to assess the socio-legal implications of their use. It analyses the technologies themselves, the data collected, the manner in which it was intended to be used and the safeguards if any built into these technologies. Based on this analysis we will attempt to evaluate the privacy implications of these technologies. Never before have data technologies been used in this manner at the frontlines of our battle against a virulent disease. As a result there are no precedents that directly address what does or does not constitute a violation of personal privacy. Notwithstanding that, the paper attempts to arrive at a conclusion as to the legitimacy of the use of these technologies and the safeguards that would be appropriate under the circumstances.

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在大流行中使用数据技术的隐私影响

COVID -19 大流行使数字健康技术的部署有所增加。这包括那些旨在识别受感染者并确保他们不会进一步传播感染的技术，以及提供数据驱动洞察力的其他技术，旨在提高决策的有效性，例如锁定某些区域并允许其他区域重新开放。本文试图评估使用这些技术的社会法律影响，特别关注隐私。它通过检查在大流行期间部署的一系列数据技术来实现这一点，以评估其使用的社会法律影响。它分析技术本身、收集的数据、使用的方式以及这些技术中内置的保护措施。基于此分析，我们将尝试评估这些技术对隐私的影响。在我们对抗致命疾病的前线，从来没有以这种方式使用过数据技术。因此，没有先例直接说明什么构成或不构成侵犯个人隐私。尽管如此，本文试图就使用这些技术的合法性以及在这种情况下适当的保障措施得出结论。