Sherstoboeva, Elena and Pavlenko, Valentina (2021) Trends in East Asian policies on digital surveillance tools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 12 (1). pp. 47-65. DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00047_1
Sherstoboeva, Elena and Pavlenko, Valentina (2021) Trends in East Asian policies on digital surveillance tools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 12 (1). pp. 47-65. DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00047_1
Sherstoboeva, Elena and Pavlenko, Valentina (2021) Trends in East Asian policies on digital surveillance tools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 12 (1). pp. 47-65. DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00047_1
Abstract
This article investigates how digital surveillance tools used by East Asian governments against COVID-19 affect privacy and personal data protection. It applies doctrinal legal analysis and case study to compare national regulations of these tools as well as their implementation in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The approaches range considerably from total (China) to selective surveillance, which, however, seems overly excessive towards privacy of certain social groups, exacerbating social stratification and business disruptions in East Asia. The article argues that selective surveillance models vary across the region from voluntary selective (Japan) to compulsory selective surveillance (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea) and differ in terms of privacy and related rights. Yet, the increased risks of data misuse and leakages in all the East Asian states and territories need effective legal mechanisms for privacy and data protection that pay sufficient attention to public scrutiny and independent regulators.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19; digital surveillance; East Asia; pandemic; personal data; privacy |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Essex Law School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2023 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 15:57 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/34246 |