Privacy and Data Protection in the age of COVID-19
By now, unfortunately COVID-19, better known as the Corona virus, has become a household name. The sudden global outbreak of COVID-19 has brought tremendous challenges to our day-to-day lives. In order to contain and mitigate the threats of this virus, governments, public and private organisations have taken several measures. These measures include among others, imposing social distancing, (where possible) mandatory teleworking, discontinuing nonessential physical meetings and promoting hand hygiene protocol.
As this health crisis evolves, many countries are hesitantly resorting to measures such as the lock-down of certain cities/countries, the suspension of flights and the closing of borders. Private organisations are creating their own plans by introducing further controls in order to comply with government measures and to protect
their workforce.