MAY 17 — The role of technology in aiding our daily lives has grown rapidly since the imposition of lockdowns in many countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In adapting to the new normal, e-commerce, e-learning and teleconferencing are flourishing. Technology is also utilised by governments to...
Digital surveillance: Privacy, data ecosystem and effectiveness — Moonyati Yatid, Farlina Said and Tengku NurQistinaMAY 17 — The role of technology in aiding our daily lives has grown rapidly since the imposition of lockdowns in many countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Technology is also utilised by governments to manage the spread of the novel coronavirus, with increasing attention focused on digital surveillance.Surveillance has often been tied to the prickly topic of privacy invasion.
In Malaysia, as many as 92 drones were active as the Royal Malaysian Police ’s eyes in the sky during the movement control order . There are also private-sector initiatives such as a web-based check-in platform CovCT developed by Madison Technologies . Another challenge is the rapidly changing digital environment which complicates terminology and can introduce grey areas.
Upon announcing the CMCO, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin advised that both manual and digital contact tracing methods for citizens be implemented. Some of the applications rolled-out by the government have announced that data would be kept for a certain timeframe such as MyTrace and Gerak Malaysia .
Further, while the digital tracking design opted are less intrusive, security risks still exist as malicious actors could still hack the anonymised location and time-stamped user data. A precautionary step to consider is the anonymisation of such data. Further, governments need a strict set of criteria to maintain their responsibility and commitment to citizens’ right to privacy.
Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act requires users to be notified of the information obtained, its purpose and the destination.
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