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Topic 4.20 Trudeau
leaves door open to using smartphone data to track Canadians' compliance with
pandemic rules.
Topic 4.20 Trudeau
leaves door open to using smartphone data to track Canadians' compliance with
pandemic rules.
This is a current affairs forum to address topics drawn from Human Rights Issues. You will be asked to address a response to a source story drawn from current issues regarding Human Rights.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn't ruled out using smartphone
data to track whether people are complying with public health officials' pleas
for them to stay inside to curb the COVID-19 pandemic — a notion that
raises some thorny ethical dilemmas regarding public health and
privacy rights.During his daily media
briefing today, Trudeau was asked whether Canada would follow the example of
those governments and use telecom data to track Canadians' compliance
with pandemic measures. Trudeau said, "I think we
recognize that in an emergency situation we need to take certain steps that
wouldn't be taken in non-emergency situations, but as far as I know that is not
a situation we're looking at right now," he said. "But
as I've said, all options are on the table to do what is necessary to keep
Canadians safe in these exceptional times."
China, Taiwan and South Korea have taken more invasive measures by using smartphone location pings to trace individuals who have tested positive, or to enforce quarantine.
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the option shouldn't be ruled out of efforts to flatten the caseload curve — the best way to keep the nation's hospitals from being overwhelmed. "I think there's lots of innovative approaches and they should all be examined, obviously with due respect to privacy, ethics and all of those considerations," she said when asked about data collection
China, Taiwan and South Korea have taken more invasive measures by using smartphone location pings to trace individuals who have tested positive, or to enforce quarantine.
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the option shouldn't be ruled out of efforts to flatten the caseload curve — the best way to keep the nation's hospitals from being overwhelmed. "I think there's lots of innovative approaches and they should all be examined, obviously with due respect to privacy, ethics and all of those considerations," she said when asked about data collection
Please read the rest of this article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cellphone-tracking-trudeau-covid-1.5508236 by: Catharine
Tunney · CBC
News · Posted: Mar 24, 2020
Trudeau on cellphone tracking at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cellphone-tracking-trudeau-covid-1.5508236
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