Digital technologies are being used to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic through a variety of methods, including monitoring compliance with quarantine and contact tracing. These uses of technology are said to promote public health outcomes but risk undermining rights to privacy. In this article we focus on the use of digital technologies for contact tracing, such as the COVIDSafe app used in Australia. We explore the kind of framework that might be used for evaluating the design, deployment and governance of such technologies to ensure they operate in a manner that is proportionate to the ends to be achieved. We conclude that, in addition to issues of privacy, any use of contact tracing technology should address important considerations of efficacy, equity and accountability.

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审查 COVIDSafe：评估数字接触者追踪技术的框架

数字技术正被用于通过各种方法来对抗 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行，包括监测隔离和接触者追踪的遵守情况。据说这些技术的使用可以促进公共卫生成果，但有可能损害隐私权。在本文中，我们专注于使用数字技术进行接触者追踪，例如澳大利亚使用的 COVIDSafe 应用程序。我们探索可用于评估此类技术的设计、部署和治理的框架类型，以确保它们以与要实现的目标相称的方式运行。我们得出的结论是，除了隐私问题外，任何接触者追踪技术的使用都应解决功效、公平和问责制的重要考虑因素。