Data Privacy During Pandemics: A Scorecard Approach for Evaluating the Privacy Implications of Covid-19 Mobile Phone Surveillance Programs

As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide have deployed mobile phone surveillance programs to augment public health interventions. However, these programs raise privacy concerns. The authors of this report examine whether two goals can be achieved concurrently: the use of mobile phones as public health surveillance tools to help manage COVID-19 and future crises, and the protection of privacy and civil liberties.