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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Contact tracing technologies and applications (CTT/CTAs) have become a great focus in the new norm of COVID-19. There are many ethical and validation challenges surrounding the uses of these technologies which have been in play before the pandemic and will continue after.
Maria Palombini, Director of Emerging Communities & Opportunities Development and Healthcare Life Sciences (HLS) Practice Lead at IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA), interviews Ali Hessami, Innovation Director at Vegas Global Systems LTD and Chair and Technical Editor for IEEE P7000 Standards, about ethical considerations on contact tracing technologies and applications in order to mitigate spread of the pandemic and protect personal privacy and public.
Related Resources:
- IEEE SA Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice Page
- New Creative Commons Paper Addresses Ethical Hurdles to Contact Tracing Adoption
- Report: IEEE Use Case–Criteria for Addressing Ethical Challenges in Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy of CTA/CTT
- Does your COVID-19 tracing app follow you forever? Privacy & Protection in a post-pandemic world (On-Demand Webinar – original broadcast July 2020)