Platformisation and human rights : does use of the Slovenian #OstaniZdrav app bypass privacy rights?

Nardoni, Maruška (author), Mali, Franc (author)

The article aims to explore the public's fear of data being misused when using European Covid-19 contact-tracing applications. The point of departure lies in considering the research question of whether the Covid-19 pandemic has influenced the platformisation of traditional institutions, i.e., whether the design of Europe's proximity-tracing applications mimic the data intensive web services of commercial platforms, namely commercial APIs and their data policies, in order to bypass the right to privacy. We accordingly argue that is vital to address the public's fears of governmental and corporate dataveillance as well as data misuse while using such apps. The investigation entails of a critical analysis of the Exposure Notification System framework designed by Apple and Google (or GAEN) and the #OstaniZdrav application. The article rejects the justification of the public's fear of governmental dataveillance, while recognising the possibility of corporate data misuse.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Covid-19 contact-tracing application, right to privacy, GDPR, API, protocol, metadata, dataveillance
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication date: 01.09.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 536-554, 689-690
• Numbering: Letn. 58, posebna št.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138715
• UDC: 343.45:616-036.22(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.58.specialissue.536-554
• COBISS.SI-ID: 81089027
• Publication date in RUL: 10.08.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Platformizacija in človekove pravice

Abstract

V članku raziskujemo strah javnosti pred zlorabo podatkov pri uporabi evropskih aplikacij za sledenje stikom, povezanih s Covid-19. Izhajamo iz raziskovalnega vprašanja, ali pandemija Covid-19 vpliva na platformizacijo tradicionalnih institucij, tj., ali zasnova evropskih aplikacij za sledenje stikom posnema podatkovno intenzivne spletne storitve komercialnih platform, tj. komercialne aplikacijske programske vmesnike (API) in njihove politike upravljanja s podatki, zato da bi zaobšla pravico do zasebnosti. Skladno s tem trdimo, da je ključnega pomena nasloviti strah javnosti pred vladnim in korporativnim podatkovnim nadzorom ter zlorabo podatkov med uporabo takih aplikacij. Raziskavi sledi kritična analiza okvira sistema GAEN (Exposure Notification System, ki sta ga zasnovala Apple and Google) ter aplikacije #OstaniZdrav. V članku zavrnemo upravičenost strahu javnosti pred vladnim podatkovnim nadzorom, potrdimo pa možnost korporativne zlorabe podatkov.

• Keywords: Aplikacija za sledenje stikom Covid-19, pravica do zasebnosti, GDPR, API, protokol, metapodatki, nadzor podatkov