23/04/2020
From China has come not only the COVID-19, but the risk of massive digital surveillance. AI and big data have failed spectacularly. However, they will be essential in this war against the coronavirus in biomedical research. But with all possible guarantees and especially regarding the use of apps, mass geolocation and biological passports. Far from maximalist positions, the devil is in the details and our lives are in it, not just privacy and health. It is described European initiative that Spain is joining. It is designed to avoid the temptations of the devil to accumulate data, to use it for other purposes and to avoid our control.
Document written Lorenzo Cotino Hueso. Professor of Constitutional Law. University of Valencia. Coordinator of www.derechotics, Observatory for Public and Constitutional Law and COVID-19 in Spain.