Data promiscuity: how the public–private distinction shaped digital data infrastructures and notions of privacy

Abstract This essay discusses the performative effects of the public–private distinction on digital data infrastructures in healthcare. The words ‘public’ and ‘private’ hold many meanings. This analysis focuses on how they are used both in an informational sense (what is kept secret or strictly cont...

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Main Author: Klaus Hoeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2020-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00535-6