COVID-19 Case Tracking System in Quarantine Policy: Focus on the Privacy Shift Concept and Application in South Korea

Kwansik Moon, Nackhwan Kim, Jemin Justin Lee, Hyunsik Yoon and Kyungho Lee ()
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Kwansik Moon: The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Seoul 07233, Korea
Nackhwan Kim: College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Jemin Justin Lee: Center for Information Security Technology (CIST), Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Hyunsik Yoon: School of Cybersecurity, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Kyungho Lee: School of Cybersecurity, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-7

Abstract: This study analyzed how Korea’s quarantine policy manages personal information to prevent and control COVID-19. Korea effectively halted the spread of COVID-19 through epidemiological investigations and cell-broadcast systems. In this process, the route of infection is presented without identifying the patient, and the necessary participants are selected only through authentication. We found a correlation between the number of emergency text messages sent by the Ministry of Interior and Safety in 2020 and the number of confirmed cases (R 2 = 0.465, p < 0.001). Based on Korea’s case, we propose a new concept for solving the personal information problems that might arise during a pandemic response.

Keywords: COVID-19; privacy shift; South Korea; quarantine policy; pandemic; epidemiological investigation system; cell broadcast system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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