Smart pandemic surveillance?

Resumo

This article discusses smart surveillance based on the particular case of the Brazilian mobile app Monitora Covid-19 from the
 perspective of issues related to personal-data protection. Brazil is today one of the epicenters of the pandemic. The application under
 analysis is the tip of a wide network of data monitoring and medical assistance formed by public and private institutions. Based on
 a neo-materialist analysis of this network, this article discusses the use of surveillance technologies and data during the period of
 the pandemic; describes and comments on visible, discursive, and hidden materialities; and indicates the main issues of the
 application in the use and protection of users’ personal data. In conclusion, it indicates some of the application’s flaws in relation
 to personal-data protection. More broadly, it reinforces the need for the creation of publicly controlled regulatory bodies for smart
 surveillance systems that are able to oversee the application of (public and private) technologies with ethical assurances and public
 control.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2022

Instituição

Surveillance and Society

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/34388

Temas

TecnologiaDados

Palavras-chave

Análise materialMonitora COVID-19smart surveillanceProteção de dados no BrasilTecnologiaCiências sociaisCOVID-19 (Doença)Vigilância epidemiológica - BrasilCOVID-19 (Doença) - Epidemiologia