Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance

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Author(s):
Publish Date:
May 27, 2020
Publication Title:
Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Place of Publication:
Baltimore
Editor(s):
  • Jeffrey P. Kahn & Johns Hopkins Project on Ethics and Governance of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies
Format:
Book, Section Page(s) 157
Citation(s):
  • Michelle M. Mello, in Jeffrey P. Kahn & Johns Hopkins Project on Ethics and Governance of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies, Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020, page 67 (citing Michelle M. Mello & C. Jason Wang, Ethics and Governance for Digital Disease Surveillance Science, May 11, 2020).
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Abstract

From page 67 of the book:

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There are a range of views among the authors of this report about the value of an opt- out approach for DCTT [digital contact tracing technologies], with some arguing for an opt-out approach on grounds that it might increase coverage and would be ethically acceptable if accompanied by similar disclosures as above to ensure users are aware of the technology and data uses (Mello and Wang 2020).

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