Personal Information Protection and Privacy Policy Compliance of Health Code Apps in China: Scale Development and Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital technologies, especially contact tracing apps, have been crucial in monitoring and tracing the transmission of COVID-19 worldwide. China developed health code apps as an emergency response to the pandemic with plans to use them for broader public health services. However, potential problems within privacy policies may compromise personal information (PI) protection.

Objective

We aimed to evaluate the compliance of the privacy policies of 30 health code apps in the mainland of China with the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) and related specifications.

Methods

We reviewed and assessed the privacy policies of 30 health code apps between August 26 and September 6, 2023. We used a 3-level indicator scale based on the information life cycle as p

SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10686616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature