Digital Smartphone Tracking for COVID-19: Public Health and Civil Liberties in Tension

Authors

I. Glenn Cohen, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawFollow
Daniel J. Weitzner, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-27-2020

DOI

10.1001/jama.2020.8570

Abstract

This Viewpoint compares manual and digital strategies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracing, describes how countries in Asia and Europe have used smartphone tracking, and discusses privacy and discrimination concerns and strategies for balancing public health and civil liberties in the US.

Publication Citation

Journal of the American Medical Association, published online May 27, 2020, E1-E2.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Cohen, I. Glenn; Gostin, Lawrence O.; and Weitzner, Daniel J., "Digital Smartphone Tracking for COVID-19: Public Health and Civil Liberties in Tension" (2020). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2278.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2278