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An INSEAD Conversations webinar
Safety vs Privacy: Do we have to choose?
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 - 15h CET
Presented by [email protected]
In many countries, privacy is in danger of becoming a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. GPS-enabled smartphone apps with liberal data-gathering permissions have become a standard feature of quarantine enforcement in Hong Kong, China, and South Korea. In Australia, several states have introduced or are debating laws that would force quarantine-breakers to wear an electronic tracking device.
Privacy concerns may appear trivial next to the pressing threat to human life that COVID-19 represents. But human rights groups worry that the ground ceded to the authorities in the name of public health may not be regained once the crisis passes. Already, strongman leaders such as Hungary’s Viktor Orban are capitalising on the coronavirus to arrogate far-reaching powers to themselves. Do we, as a society, face a stark choice between privacy and safety?
The talk will discuss how privacy and safety can both be achieved by managing personal data (such as location history or health data) using Blockchain and other DLTs.
Send your questions on the topic to the speakers in the Poll below.
Speakers
Aly Madhavji MBA’16D
Managing Partner
Blockchain Founders Fund
Matt McGuire
Co-Founder, Practice Leader
The AML Shop
Andrea Canidio
Stone Fellow on Wealth Inequality
INSEAD
Further readings
- Safeguarding Privacy in a Pandemic by Andrea Canidio, Stone Fellow of the INSEAD Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality
- Strategising Customisation and Privacy in the Digital Age by David Dubois, INSEAD Associate Professor of Marketing, Joanna Teoh (MBA ̔19J)
- Blockchain Is a Technology for Collaboration by Andrew Shipilov, INSEAD Professor of Strategy
- How the Board Can Make the Most of Blockchain by Hagen Schweinitz, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry International
- ICOs and Financing Blockchain Projects by Andrea Canidio, Stone Fellow of the INSEAD Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality
- Blockchain: Finding the Value Proposition by Peter Zemsky, INSEAD Deputy Dean and Dean of Innovation
INSEAD Tech Talks
Digital technologies are taking a central role in the Covid-19 crisis. Technology companies together with governments are multiplying efforts to respond to the pandemics and its collaterals globally. In the race to end the calamity, many questions are emerging on the future of the digital economy, business, management and society post pandemics. This new series of Tech Talks explores how the Covid-19 crisis is reshaping the global digital transformation and features INSEAD faculty in conversation with leading industry practitioners and thought leaders from our global community.
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About INSEAD Conversations
INSEAD Conversations: Community led webinars is a unique platform to share insight and disseminate thought leadership. Led by diverse groups from the INSEAD community, such as centres and initiatives, alumni and student clubs, these webinars use innovative approaches to engage and inspire. Faculty led webinars titled Navigating the Turbulence of COVID 19 are also part of this series.
