Data Privacy, Regulations and Legal Issues on COVID-19 Tracking Apps: A Scoping Review

Utoomporn Wongsin, Arnat Wannasri, Usman Iqbal, Tuo Yu Chen

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Abstract

It cannot be deniable that smartphone apps have grown exponentially and are playing a crucial role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries. This paper aims to investigate data privacy, regulations and legal issues on COVID-19 tracking apps. A literature search will be followed the PRISMA guidelines extension for a scoping review. The search will be conducted on PubMed and Google Scholar. A total of 38 articles from 7,626 articles were reviewed. Mostly articles report on data privacy. Not many articles report on regulations and legal issues. However, there are many challenges on COVID-19 applications such as security risks, privacy issues, political, ethical, and legal risks, and standardization issues.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformatics and Technology in Clinical Care and Public Health
EditorsJohn Mantas, Arie Hasman, Mowafa S. Househ, Parisis Gallos, Emmanouil Zoulias, Joseph Liasko
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages388-391
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781643682501
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume289
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Keywords

  • Covid19 Apps
  • data privacy
  • Global Health
  • legal issues COVID-19
  • Medical Informatics
  • Mobile Application

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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