Re: <nettime> Should use mobile phone data to monitor public health

[Geoffrey Goodell <goodell@oxonia.net>]

Hi Ana,

The problem with this proposal is that it focusses on the 'processing'
of personal data, when the focus should be on the 'collection' of
personal data instead.

There is no way to prove that data, once collected, have not been used
for malicious purposes or any purposes. There is no way to prove that
data have not been exposed to malicious insiders, business partners,
law enforcement, foreign governments, hackers, or indeed anyone.

In this environment, both before and after COVID-19, the prevailing
wisdom has been to 'collect all the data' with a justification that
the benefits of 'serendipity' will outweigh the human costs and that
it is a good idea to have the data 'just in case'. These arguments are
dangerous and wrong.

Any serious attempt to protect personal privacy must start with
privacy by design, and the first principle of privacy by design is not
to collect any data more than what is absolutely necessary to deliver
a service.

Best wishes --

Geoff

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 08:33:17PM +0100, Ana Peraica wrote:
> 
> Hi all, just a quick note, 

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