Contact tracing apps: how much information is enough?

• Main Author: Zulhuda, Sonny
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Star 2020
• Subjects: K Law (General); KBP3075 Public health; T58.5 Information technology; ZA4050 Electronic information resources
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/88010/7/88010_Contact%20tracing%20apps.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/88010/; https://www.thestar.com.my/news/focus/2020/11/01/contact-tracing-apps-how-much-information-is-enough

Ensuring data security will require sufficient awareness, education and good management on the part of the public. There is also a need for a sound, fair and transparent process and procedure in place. And finally, a secure and sustainable system for data governance. The security task is enormous because it involves handling the dynamic data of the whole nation. But the task is not solely on the Government's shoulders. Everyone involved in contact tracing will share some task: The premise owner, the staff in charge of data handling, as well as the individuals who record their own data, both electronically and in log books