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Nowadays, the entire world is struggling to adapt and survive the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic, the new mutations in the Coronavirus disease is causing damage and disruption across the world. Taking preventive measures to control the spreading of the virus, including lockdowns, curfews, social distancing, masks, vaccination are not enough to stop the virus. Many countries have sought to support their contact tracers with the use of digital contact tracing apps to manage and control the spread of the virus. Using the new technologies to adapt the prevention measures furthermore enhancing the existing ones, will definitely be more efficient. There are many contact tracing apps that have already been launched and used since 2020. There has been a lot of speculations about the confidentiality and security aspects of these apps and their possible violation of data protection principles. In this paper we propose a system of contact tracing, we explain how this system treats sensible information to preserve the user’s identity and protect their personal information.
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This project is subsidized by the MENFPESRS and the CNRST as part of the program to support scientific and technological research related to “COVID-19” (2020). Also, we acknowledge financial support for this research from CNRST.
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Hanafi, A., Bouhorma, M., Elaachak, L. (2023). COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Technology, Users’ Privacy and Security. In: Ben Ahmed, M., Boudhir, A.A., Santos, D., Dionisio, R., Benaya, N. (eds) Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 6. SCA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 629. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26852-6_64
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