COVID-19 Data Protection : resources
Data Protection authorities
Global Privacy Assembly (GPA): compilation of resources
Civil society
Al sur coalition: Civil society from Latin America and the Caribbean demands to respect human rights when governments deploy digital technologies to fight against COVID-19.
Access Now: Recommendations on Privacy and Data Protection in the Fight against COVID-19
European Digital RIghts: EDRi calls for fundamental rights-based responses to COVID-19
Joint Civil Society Statement: States use of digital surveillance technologies to fight pandemic must respect human rights
In the Netherlands, 58 experts analyse short and long term challenges of intended tracking apps.
Access Now: Privacy and public health: the Dos and Don't for COVID-19 contact tracing apps
European Law Institure Principles for COVID-19 Crisis
Relevant instruments
The Council of Europe has developed a series of recommendations and guidelines that can help governments, authorities, employers, ... for their decision in the current circumstances.
- Report “Digital solutions to fight COVID-19”
- Statement by Alessandra Pierucci and Jean-Philippe Walter
- Convention 108+ and explanatory report
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member States regarding health-related data
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the processing of personal data in the context of employment.
- Guidelines on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data in a world of big data
- Guidelines on artificial intelligence and data protection
- Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the COVID-19 pandemic
Council of Europe work on COVID-19
AI and control of Covid-19 coronavirus
Media, freedom of expression and information in times of crisis
COVID-19: Human rights principles must guide health decisions
Statement from the Chair of the Parliamentary Assembly
Coronavirus: guidance to governments on respecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law
Commissioner calls for release of immigration detainees during Covid-19 crisis
Secretary General writes to Viktor Orbán regarding COVID-19 state of emergency in Hungary
