Public health measures and the rise of incidental surveillance: Considerations about private informational power and accountability

• DOI: 10.1007/s10676-023-09732-8
• Publication Date: 2023-11-16T10:02:43Z
• Authors: B. A. Kamphorst; A. Henschke
• Keywords: Pandemic

The public health measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted a substantially increased shared reliance on private infrastructure and digital services areas such as healthcare, education, retail, workplace. This development has (i) granted number of actors significant (informational) power, (ii) given rise range surveillance practices incidental itself. In this paper, we reflect these secondary consequences observe that, even though collateral data disclosure additional activity monitoring appears been generally socially accepted inevitable pandemic, part parcel larger conglomeration emergency compromises, were not directly justified by appeals solidarity same way that instigating were. Based observation, for maintaining space, argue governments duty seek ensure there are justifications context (future) emergencies like regulate provide accountability mechanisms oversight over par with governmental essential engage activities.