Digital contact tracing: the network of integrated bodies.

The Italian government, noted the seriousness of the pandemic in progress, is considering resorting to digital contact tracing, i.e. the use of citizens' mobile devices for the mapping and tracing of subjects who come into contact with infected people. The approach, successfully used in South K...

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Published inRecenti Progressi in Medicina Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 188 - 191
Main Author Collecchia, Giampaolo
Format Journal Article
LanguageItalian
Published Italy Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore 01.04.2020
Subjects
Cell Phone
China
Contact Tracing - methods
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Humans
Italy - epidemiology
Mobile Applications
Population Surveillance - methods
Privacy
Quarantine - methods
Republic of Korea
Singapore
Italy
Singapore
China
Republic of Korea
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Summary:The Italian government, noted the seriousness of the pandemic in progress, is considering resorting to digital contact tracing, i.e. the use of citizens' mobile devices for the mapping and tracing of subjects who come into contact with infected people. The approach, successfully used in South Korea, is to provide the authorities with a tool to have access to the movements of infected people or those who may have been exposed to infection, to be able to intervene promptly, limiting the spread of the infection. However, this project must not become a gigantic identification tool, but must be inspired by general principles of transparency, proportionality and consistency between the objective pursued and the tools used. In particular, the principle of safeguarding privacy must be respected, protecting personal data as much as possible, to defeat the pandemic with appropriate measures for a democratic society.
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ISSN:0034-1193
2038-1840
2038-1840
DOI:10.1701/3347.33178