Artificial intelligence, big data and applications against Covid-19, and privacy and data protection

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Lorenzo Cotino Hueso
Universidad de Valencia, ES
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2661-0010

Big data and AI did not succeed in preventing Covid-19, but they can be very useful in the fight against it and even for avoiding confinements and other restrictions on rights which it brings about. AI can be extremely useful for integrating, structuring and extracting an enormous quantity and variety of big data information and knowledge for biomedical research. It is also useful for improving civic and health assistance and information, telemedicine and the best assignment of human resources and materials. Even more threatening for privacy could be the development of apps, electronic biological passports, geolocation systems, and the traceability and monitoring of people in the fight against Covid-19, particularly if the Asian model is followed. However, it seems that this not being followed in the EU. There is an analysis of the applicable legal set of rules, the legal legitimation of the various data processing systems, and the need for a legal basis of quality, especially in the case of apps and searches. And besides the legal basis and legitimation, the necessary guarantees of these mass processing systems are considered, particularly of the apps. The impetus of law means that it is indeed technologically possible to maximise the efficiency of the fight against Covid-19 and to maximise all our rights.

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Covid-19, data protection, artificial intelligence, geolocation, privacy

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Cotino Hueso, Lorenzo. “Artificial intelligence, big data and applications against Covid-19, and privacy and data protection”. IDP. Internet, Law and Politics E-Journal, no. 31, doi:10.7238/idp.v0i31.3244.
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Lorenzo Cotino Hueso, Universidad de Valencia, ES

Lorenzo Cotino Hueso, www.cotino.es, Professor at the University of Valencia, Researcher at the Catholic University of Colombia ("Law and Big Data" Project, Research Group in Public Law and ICT). Responsible of the Project MICINN "Rights and guarantees against automated decisions in artificial intelligence, IoT, big data and robotics environments" (PID2019-108710RB-I00, 2020-2022). Acting Judge on the TSJ (High Court of Justice), Community of Valencia (2000-2019). Doctorate and Degree in Law (University of Valencia), Master’s with specialisation in Fundamental Rights at Barcelona (ESADE), a graduate and diploma holder in Advanced Studies in Political Sciences (UNED National Distance Education University). Doctorate Special Award, Ministry of Defence, the armed forces, INAP (National Institute of Public Administration), CAC (City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia). Visiting Professor at Konstanz (Germany) since 2004 and at various Colombian universities (Externado, U. Norte, Honorary Professor at the National University of Colombia, U. Católica in Cuenca, Ecuador); research stays also in Utrecht (Netherlands) and Virginia (United States). Principal researcher on 15 research projects, member on another 21, author of 10 books and coordinator of 14, as well as 140 articles or science chapters. He has addressed over 300 talks and conferences. He has directed the www.derechotics.com network since 2004, and since 2019 has been co-founder of the DAIA (Administrative Law in Artificial Intelligence) network. Professor at Alcalá University (Madrid, 2005-), UOC (Open University of Catalonia, 2012-) and UNIR (International University of La Rioja, 2014-). ORCID 0000-0003-2661-0010. http://www.researcherid.com/rid/H-3256-2015.