The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns,
self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday
life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to
monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and to make sure citizens
follow the measures they put in place. This is evident in the massive,
unprecedented mobilization of public health data to contain and combat
the virus, and the ballooning of surveillance technologies such as
contact-tracing apps, facial recognition, and population tracking.
This can also be seen as a pandemic _of_ surveillance.
In this timely book, David Lyon tracks the development of these
methods, examining different forms of pandemic surveillance, in
health-related and other areas, from countries around the world. He
explores their benefits and disadvantages, their legal status, and how
they relate to privacy protection, an ethics of care, and data
justice. Questioning whether this new culture of surveillance will
become a permanent feature of post-pandemic societies and the
long-term negative effects this might have on social inequalities and
human freedoms, _Pandemic Surveillance_ highlights the magnitude of
COVID-19-related surveillance expansion. The book also underscores the
urgent need for new policies relating to surveillance and data justice
in the twenty-first century.
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Product details
ISBN
9781509550326
Published
2021
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Polity
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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