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The Promises and Perils of Using Collective Data to Monitor COVID-19
In a state of public health emergency, such as the one brought on by COVID-19, different countries have invoked extra powers to help mitigate the public health threat. These special powers would under normal circumstances be considered infringements on our liberty and privacy. A recent Wired article addressed that big tech companies like Google and Facebook are having discussions with the White House to share collective data on people’s movement during the current pandemic. For example, using phone location data or private social media posts to help track whether people are remaining at home and keeping a safe distance to stem the outbreak, and to measure the effectiveness of calls for social distancing. Continue reading
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Tagged big data, bioethics, Bioethics in the News, COVID-19, data sharing, Laura Cabrera, privacy, public health
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Should we trust giant tech companies and entrepreneurs with reading our brains?
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Laura Cabrera, PhD The search for a brain device capable of capturing recordings from thousands of neurons has been a primary goal of the government-sponsored BRAIN initiative. … Continue reading
New commentary from Dr. Tomlinson in ‘American Journal of Bioethics’
Center Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson has a new commentary in the September 2018 American Journal of Bioethics. In “Getting Off the Leash,” Dr. Tomlinson discusses “digital medicines” and what such technologies mean for patient privacy. He asks questions such as: do … Continue reading
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Tagged AJOB, digital medicine, doctor-patient communication, electronic medical records, privacy, Tom Tomlinson
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The face of Zika: women and privacy in the Zika epidemic
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. By Monica List, DVM, MA A quick online search for “Zika” reveals two kinds of images, those of vectors and those of victims. Images of Aedes sp. mosquitoes, vectors … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, bioethics, bodies, epidemic, global health, media, Monica List, privacy, public health, Zika
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