COVID-19, Personal Data Protection and Privacy in India

IF 1.3 Q3 ETHICS

Asian Bioethics Review Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI:10.1007/s41649-022-00227-0

Mohamad Ayub Dar, Shahnawaz Ahmad Wani

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The corona pandemic altered many traditional and historical norms of society and law. COVID-19 created a humanitarian crisis in some parts of globe, while pandemic privacy and civil liberties were under threat all over world. To combat the deadly virus, individual liberty and equality were compromised. This paper focuses on how India’s health problem has compromised people’s right to privacy. It will highlight how strict executive policies led to the creation of a massive surveillance system in the name of combating the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how the absence of any policy or legal framework led to the exclusion of individuals and their families who were suspected of having the virus or caring for those who were infected with the deadly virus. The paper uses case studies and data collected from primary as well as secondary sources. The authors will also point out how the absence of privacy regulation puts millions of citizens’ private information at risk of being compromised or exploited against their will.

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新冠肺炎，印度的个人数据保护和隐私

新冠疫情改变了许多传统和历史的社会和法律规范。新冠肺炎在全球一些地区造成了人道主义危机，而疫情隐私和公民自由在世界各地都受到威胁。为了对抗这种致命的病毒，个人自由和平等受到了损害。这篇论文关注的是印度的健康问题如何损害了人们的隐私权。它将强调严格的行政政策如何导致以抗击新冠肺炎疫情的名义建立了一个大规模的监测系统，以及缺乏任何政策或法律框架如何导致将怀疑感染病毒或照顾感染致命病毒的个人及其家人排除在外。该论文使用了从主要和次要来源收集的案例研究和数据。作者还将指出，由于缺乏隐私监管，数百万公民的私人信息面临着被泄露或被利用的风险。

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Asian Bioethics Review Multiple-

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6.20

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3.40%

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期刊介绍： Asian Bioethics Review (ABR) is an international academic journal, based in Asia, providing a forum to express and exchange original ideas on all aspects of bioethics, especially those relevant to the region. Published quarterly, the journal seeks to promote collaborative research among scholars in Asia or with an interest in Asia, as well as multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary bioethical studies more generally. It will appeal to all working on bioethical issues in biomedicine, healthcare, caregiving and patient support, genetics, law and governance, health systems and policy, science studies and research. ABR provides analyses, perspectives and insights into new approaches in bioethics, recent changes in biomedical law and policy, developments in capacity building and professional training, and voices or essays from a student’s perspective. The journal includes articles, research studies, target articles, case evaluations and commentaries. It also publishes book reviews and correspondence to the editor. ABR welcomes original papers from all countries, particularly those that relate to Asia. ABR is the flagship publication of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The Centre for Biomedical Ethics is a collaborating centre on bioethics of the World Health Organization.