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Uncertain future of privacy protection under the Korean public health emergency preparedness governance amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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This article explores the implications of South Korea’s assertions that it has successfully controlled the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). South Korea has consistently pursued two underlying policies since the COVID-19 outbreak, namely, securing maximum transparency and undertaking seemingly extreme preemptive measures. However, these measures have resulted in privacy concerns. Public health authorities are allowed to collect comprehensive personal details for contract tracings. Although the system of divulging infected persons’ routes has been praised by the public, the contact tracing system carries blatant privacy risks. Politicians are easily tempted to reveal more information than is necessary or perhaps more than is legal to alleviate public anxiety. Until now, professional groups’ autonomous authority has withstood the populist call for further intrusive measures against privacy rights. Nonetheless, it remains unclear how far the current public health emergency preparedness governance will go to strike a balance between privacy protection and efficient disease control, given the nebulous future of the current pandemic.
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“South Korea ' s trackand-trace system, which shared individuals ' travel details daily, raised privacy concerns, as data circulation led to stigma and online bullying (Kim, 2022), but was justified as ' for the public good ' .”
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“South Korea ' s trackand-trace system, which shared individuals ' travel details daily, raised privacy concerns, as data circulation led to stigma and online bullying (Kim, 2022), but was justified as ' for the public good ' .”
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- Authors
- Kim, Y.
- Affiliations
- Sungshin Women's University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Kim, Younsik
- ORCID
- Kim, Younsik
- Venue
- Cogent Social Sciences
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2022-01-04
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2331-1886 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4205209417
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Cogent Social Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 Challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Thoreau and American Literature
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, privacy preservation, public health emergency preparedness, contact tracing, public health governance, South Korea, pandemic response, government transparency, right to privacy, disease control
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