Contextual Acceptance of COVID-19 Mitigation Mobile Apps in the United States: Mixed Methods Survey Study on Postpandemic Data Privacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to countless user-facing mobile apps to help fight the pandemic ("COVID-19 mitigation apps"). These apps have been at the center of data privacy discussions because they collect, use, and even retain sensitive personal data from their users (eg, medical records and location data). The US government ended its COVID-19 emergency declaration in May 2023, marking a unique time to comprehensively investigate how data privacy impacted people's acceptance of various COVID-19 mitigation apps deployed throughout the pandemic.

Objective

This research aims to provide insights into health data privacy regarding COVID-19 mitigation apps and policy recommendations for future deployment of public health mobile apps through the lens of data privacy

SUBMITTER: Feng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393507 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature