Privacy: A casualty of the virus?

AFTER the coronavirus pandemic, the world will be quite different. Whether the lockdowns last weeks or months, very little will remain unchanged. In a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19, governments around the world have instituted health monitoring policies, leveraging GPS and other data from a variety of our personal devices.

The growing concerns surrounding privacy and surveillance seem to have taken a backseat to the virus, and many are simply looking at the ramped-up policies as smart technology being used in smart ways. The next big question is: Could these policies be the beginning of a permanent surveillance infrastructure, and how will they impact our lives in a post-Covid-19 world?

Tracking the privacy curve