Popularize knowledge of health laws and regulations. This was unexpectedly developed because of the particularity of the epidemic in COVID-19 this year. The use of health codes may be the first case in which China society collects and grasps personal information efficiently and accurately nationwide. It may also be the most widely used country in the world. The different utilization rates of health codes in different countries reflect the differences in the effectiveness of anti-epidemic, as well as the differences in individual rights, personal privacy and national rights and responsibilities. Where have you been? Who have you met? This is used for epidemiological investigation and personal risk warning.
In Chinese mainland, South Korea, Singapore and other countries with relatively effective epidemic prevention and control, timely, accurate and comprehensive epidemiological investigation should be carried out. Effective epidemic prevention strategies of early detection, early reporting, early isolation and early treatment provide strong data support. The epidemic prevention department also publishes detailed information about the confirmed cases and their infection routes to the public, which helps people to assess their infection risks. But what about these? Where have you been? 、? Who have you met? The collection of citizens' private information and streaming media information will involve the collection, storage and use of important and even relatively sensitive personal information, which is strictly regulated in all countries. So there are differences: not all governments and people in all countries have enough will and decision to break through the mechanism of personal information collection and use based on voluntary authorization. The data of health code depends on the collection and use of the above personal information, so that after the introduction of health code, the utilization rate of health code varies from country to country.
Many countries are controversial about whether to allow the government to directly collect location data for streaming transmission without personal authorization, especially when using data at the privacy level, so they will take a cautious and hesitant attitude and care about social resistance. However, with the spread of the epidemic around the world, some governments have realized that the balance between public interests and citizens' privacy needs to be readjusted according to the current situation. To effectively prevent and control the epidemic situation, we must achieve early detection, early isolation and early treatment. Those who can do this must find out "where have you been and who have you met?" These sensitive personal data. However, whether in Britain, America or continental Europe, some of their legal elites are very resistant to the government's direct access to personal privacy data to force information collection without the authorization of users. This is why the utilization rate of health codes in these countries is not high.