Seminar 1: Analysis of the intended and emergent effects of new services
Materials
- Seminar structure (PET Seminar 1.pdf)
- Seminar video (in Panopto)
Instruction for the seminar will be given in the lecture hall.
Topic 1: COVID-19 contact tracing apps (centralised)
- Article 1: Singapore is using a high-tech surveillance app to track the coronavirus, keeping schools and businesses open. Here's how it works.
- Article 2: Police can use TraceTogether data for criminal investigations and Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Use of TraceTogether Data for Criminal Investigations
Topic 2: COVID-19 contact tracing apps (decentralised)
- Article 1: Apple and Google update joint coronavirus tracing tech to improve user privacy and developer flexibility
- Article 2: Exposure notification apps could be more effective if they’re better at assessing risk
Topic 3: Mobile phone location data for COVID-19 response
- Article 1: How Facebook and Google Track Public’s Movement in Effort to Fight COVID-19
- Article 2: They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.
Topic 4: Technology enforced COVID-19 quarantine protocols
- Article 1: Information Technology–Based Tracing Strategy in Response to COVID-19 in South Korea—Privacy Controversies
- Article 2: South Korea's self-isolation app had a serious security flaw
Topic 5: Secondary use of healthcare data (Estonian-speaking team members required)
- Article 1: Eesti e-riigi uus suur projekt: hakkame meie rahva terviseandmetega suurt raha tegema
- Article 2: Revealed: how drugs giants can access your health records
Topic 6: Corporate tax records
- Article 1 (two sources): One tenth of Estonian businesses pay 90 percent of state budget's VAT receipts and Taxman to business: not your enemy
- Article 2: Ilves Blocks Amendment for Sweeping Disclosures in Tax Filing
Topic 7: Passenger data (PNR)
- Article 1: European parliament set to pass passenger data law
- Article 2: Border surveillance: what Europe’s “PNR” ruling means for your privacy
Topic 8: Biometrics (Estonian-speaking team members required)