On the Protection of Personal Privacy in Government Information Disclosure in Public Health Emergencies

Abstract

The new crown epidemic that swept the world in 2020 has brought huge challenges to the social governance of the Chinese government. In the face of this public health emergency, on the one hand, information disclosure has become a "special medicine" for the government to ensure the safety of people's lives and maintain social stability; How to balance government information disclosure and personal privacy protection in a health event? How can the government information disclosure mechanism be further improved under the perspective of personal privacy protection? How to improve the relief system for government information disclosure infringing personal privacy? The existence of these problems actually puts forward requirements for the improvement of government information disclosure in terms of personal privacy protection in public health emergencies in China, that is, to improve the review mechanism, supervision and accountability mechanism of government information disclosure, clarify the scope of personal privacy disclosure, improve The relief system of personal privacy, thus blazing a path of balance between government information disclosure and personal privacy protection in public health emergencies.