Public administration’s challenges in order to guarantee the fundamental right of personal data protection in the post-COVID-19 era

Authors

  • José Luis Dominguez Alvarez , , Universidad de Salamanca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/redoeda.v7i2.9551

Keywords:

COVID-19, protection data, privacy, technological development, health authorities, apps, temperature, immunological passports

Abstract

The irruption of COVID-19 has led to a multitude of deep-seated transformations, which go beyond the purely sanitary sphere, leading to major socio-economic changes, among which the evolution of traditional forms of administrative intervention or the empowerment and/or acceleration of the advances derived from the digital (re)volution stand out for their extraordinary importance. Thereby, in recent months we have witnessed the implementation of numerous initiatives aimed to alleviate the harmful effects of the pandemic by developing technological tools based on processing categories of specially protected personal data, such as health data, which raises important questions from the perspective of privacy and digital rights. The aim of this study is to carry out a detailed analysis of some essential elements, necessary to achieve the difficult balance between the promotion of technological instruments that contribute to control the effects of COVID-19 increasing the resources available to health authorities, and safeguarding the fundamental right of personal data protection.

Author Biography

  • José Luis Dominguez Alvarez, , , Universidad de Salamanca

    Researcher Staff (FPU17/01088) in Administrative Law Department of Salamanca University. PhD candidate in the Doctoral Program "Administration, Finance and Justice in the Social State" of Salamanca University. Specialized in the study of personal data protection in the digital revolution, the modernization of public administrations, sustainable rural development and emptied Spain, as well as the implementation of public policies on gender equality and the fight against gender violence. He was regarded with an Academic Excellence Prize in order to Salamanca University and an Academic Excellence Prize after finishing the Degree in Political Science and Public Administration with mention in Public Administration. He has written and published more than fifteen articles in prestigious Spanish academic magazines, numerous chapters in collective Academic Books and is the author of two full Books. E-mail: jldoal@usal.es

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Published

2020-09-30

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020): January / June

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Public administration’s challenges in order to guarantee the fundamental right of personal data protection in the post-COVID-19 era. Euro-Latin American Journal of Administrative Law, Santa Fe, v. 7, n. 1, p. 167–192, 2020. DOI: 10.14409/redoeda.v7i2.9551. Disponível em: https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/Redoeda/article/view/9551. Acesso em: 29 apr. 2026.