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Contact Tracing

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  1. Health Law Prof Blog

    Privacy Governance in Contact Tracing Apps: A Comparative International Study

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Alex Rosenberger (University of Illinois), Yan Shvartzshnaider (York University), Madelyn Sanfilippo (University of Illinois), Privacy Governance in Contact Tracing Apps: A Comparative International Study (2023): Contact tracing apps have been pervasive…

  2. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    Class Action Filed Against Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Alleged COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Spyware Installation

    By Kathryn Rattigan

    This week, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its use of a COVID-19 contact-tracing app for residents’ mobile phones.…

  3. Health Law Prof Blog

    Our Digital Footprint under COVID-19: Should We Fear the UK Digital Contact Tracing App?

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Audrey Guinchard (University of Essex), Our Digital Footprint under COVID-19: Should We Fear the UK Digital Contact Tracing App?, Int’l Rev. L. Computers & Tech. (2020):With the objective of controlling…

  4. Health Law Prof Blog

    Welcome to the Digital Age: Reinventing Contact Tracing and the Public Health Service Act for a Modern Pandemic Response

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Michael L. Cederblom (Brooklyn Law School), Welcome to the Digital Age: Reinventing Contact Tracing and the Public Health Service Act for a Modern Pandemic Response, 31 Annals Health L. 1…

  5. Health Law Prof Blog

    Safeguarding Public Values in Cooperation with Big Tech Companies: The Case of the Austrian Contact Tracing App Stopp Corona

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Valerie Eveline (University of Salzburg), Safeguarding Public Values in Cooperation with Big Tech Companies: The Case of the Austrian Contact Tracing App Stopp Corona, SSRN (2021):In April 2020, at the…

  6. Health Law Prof Blog

    Contact Tracing, Intrastate and Interstate Quarantine, and Isolation

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Ross D. Silverman (Indiana University), Contact Tracing, Intrastate and Interstate Quarantine, and Isolation, COVID-19 Policy Playbook: Legal Recommendations for a Safer, More Equitable Future. Boston: Public Health Law Watch (2021):While…

  7. Health Law Prof Blog

    Constitutionalism During a Crisis: The Case of Aarogya Setu

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Vrinda Bhandari, Faiza Rahman, Constitutionalism During a Crisis: The Case of Aarogya Setu, Coronavirus Pandemic: Lessons and Policy Responses, Uma Kapila ed. (Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2020):Aarogya Setu is a…

  8. Athens Legal Hackers

    Data Protection in the Outbreak of the Pandemic: Counterbalancing the Right to be Forgotten with the Right to Health

    By Athens Legal Hackers

    By our member, Eirini Koutsoukou The unprecedented outbreak of the Corona Pandemic has clarified not only the (un)preparedness of national health systems but has brought into discussion the measures applied…

  9. Health Law Prof Blog

    The Global Flood of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Sailing with Human Rights and Data Protection Standards against the Wind of Mass Surveillance

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Irena Nesterova (University of Latvia), The Global Flood of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Sailing with Human Rights and Data Protection Standards against the Wind of Mass Surveillance, SHS Web of…

  10. Health Law Prof Blog

    COVID-19 and Contact Tracing: A Study in Regulation by Technology

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Justine Pila (University of Oxford), COVID-19 and Contact Tracing: A Study in Regulation by Technology, Eur. J. L. & Tech. (2020):A common theme of regulatory responses to COVID-19 has been…