Ethical considerations to guide the use of digital proximity tracking technologies for COVID-19 contact tracing
Interim guidance, 28 May 2020
28 May 2020
| COVID-19: Surveillance, case investigation and epidemiological protocols
Overview
Digital proximity tracking technologies have been identified as a potential tool to support contact tracing for COVID-19. However, these technologies raise ethical and privacy concerns. This document is intended to provide policy-makers and other stakeholders with guidance as to the ethical and appropriate use of digital proximity tracking technologies for COVID-19.
WHO Team
ACT Accelerator Ethics & Governance Working Group,
Health Ethics & Governance (HEG),
WHO Expert Group on ethics and governance of infectious disease outbreaks and other emergencies,
WHO Headquarters (HQ)
Editors
World Health Organization
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/2019-nCoV/Ethics_Contact_tracing_apps/2020.1
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