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. 2020 Apr;26(4):463-464.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0832-5.

On the responsible use of digital data to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

Marcello Ienca  1 , Effy Vayena  2
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On the responsible use of digital data to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

Marcello Ienca et al. Nat Med. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Large-scale collection of data could help curb the COVID-19 pandemic, but it should not neglect privacy and public trust. Best practices should be identified to maintain responsible data-collection and data-processing standards at a global scale.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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