Covid-19 controls turn Asia into global surveillance hot spot, analysts say

Analysts at Verisk Maplecroft.say Asia risks sleep-walking into serious privacy breaches if there isn't transparency when it comes to data use with respect to Covid-19 surveillance measures. - Bloomberg

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Asia has become the world's surveillance hot spot and is at risk of serious privacy breaches as measures rolled out to contain the spread of Covid-19 become permanent in many countries, researchers warned on Thursday (Oct 1).

The Right to Privacy Index (RPI) published by British-based risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, rated 198 countries for privacy violations stemming from mass surveillance operations, retention of personal data, home searches and other breaches.