Economi analysis of privcy in an emergency

Abstract

After the breakout of new corona infection, active discussions are started on how to use personal data in an emergency. This paper discusses the use of personal data and privacy protection in crisis situations such as the new corona infection, and what kind of suggests can be obtained from the viewpoint of “economics of privacy”. In Japan, privacy and security protection issues are discussed exclusively from the viewpoint of a legal framework. In europe and the U.S., policy discussions are examining how policy decisions on data protection affect stakeholder trade-offs from an economic perspective. In this paper, I introduce the “economics of privacy”, which is not familiar in Japan, and discuss the usefulness of economic analysis of privacy in crisis situations.