Social license for the use of big data in the COVID-19 era

Strategies to enable the reopening of businesses and schools in countries emerging from social-distancing measures revolve around knowledge of who has COVID-19 or is displaying recognized symptoms, the people with whom they have had physical contact, and which groups are most likely to experience ad...

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Autores principales: James A. Shaw, Nayha Sethi, Christine K. Cassel
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c676e5eab02547fc8c30592f760ed1c92021-12-02T17:37:28ZSocial license for the use of big data in the COVID-19 era10.1038/s41746-020-00342-y2398-6352https://doaj.org/article/c676e5eab02547fc8c30592f760ed1c92020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00342-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2398-6352Strategies to enable the reopening of businesses and schools in countries emerging from social-distancing measures revolve around knowledge of who has COVID-19 or is displaying recognized symptoms, the people with whom they have had physical contact, and which groups are most likely to experience adverse outcomes. Efforts to clarify these issues are drawing on the collection and use of large datasets about peoples’ movements and their health. In this Comment, we outline the importance of earning social license for public approval of big data initiatives, and specify principles of data law and data governance practices that can promote social license. We provide illustrative examples from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.James A. ShawNayha SethiChristine K. CasselNature PortfolioarticleComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENnpj Digital Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2020)
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Social license for the use of big data in the COVID-19 era
description Strategies to enable the reopening of businesses and schools in countries emerging from social-distancing measures revolve around knowledge of who has COVID-19 or is displaying recognized symptoms, the people with whom they have had physical contact, and which groups are most likely to experience adverse outcomes. Efforts to clarify these issues are drawing on the collection and use of large datasets about peoples’ movements and their health. In this Comment, we outline the importance of earning social license for public approval of big data initiatives, and specify principles of data law and data governance practices that can promote social license. We provide illustrative examples from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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title_full_unstemmed Social license for the use of big data in the COVID-19 era
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