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ArticleIEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions2020

Balancing Personal Privacy and Public Safety During COVID-19: The Case of South Korea.

Na Young Ahn, Jun Eun Park, Dong Hoon Lee, Paul C Hong

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Article in IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Na Young AhnInstitute of Cyber Security and Privacy, Korea University Seoul 02841 South Korea.
Jun Eun ParkDepartment of PediatricsKorea University College of Medicine Seoul 02842 South Korea.
Dong Hoon LeeInstitute of Cyber Security and Privacy and The Graduate School of Information Security, Korea University Seoul 02841 South Korea.
Paul C HongInformation, Operations, and Technology Management College of Business and InnovationThe University of Toledo Toledo OH 43606 USA.
Korea University · KRUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been vigorous debate on how different countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. To secure public safety, South Korea actively used personal information at the risk of personal privacy whereas France encouraged voluntary cooperation at the risk of public safety. In this article, after a brief comparison of contextual differences with France, we focus on South Korea's approaches to epidemiological investigations. To evaluate the issues pertaining to personal privacy and public health, we examine the usage patterns of original data, de-identification data, and encrypted data. Our specific proposal discusses the COVID index, which considers collective infection, outbreak intensity, availability of medical infrastructure, and the death rate. Finally, we summarize the findings and lessons for future research and the policy implications.

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COVID-19COVID indexde-identificationepidemiological investigationinfectious diseasespandemicpersonal informationpersonal privacypolicypublic safetySouth Korea

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PMID34786290
PMCPMC8545276
OpenAlexW3088177337

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