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COVID-19 Can Create Opportunity for IoT in the Caribbean

There have been concerns about private information from contact tracing applications ^{41 42 43} . However , the respondents understood its importance to analyse epidemiology .

Business engagement methods ( percentages )

I do not want to be contacted

Whatsapp

Call me directly

Send text messages to my phone

Send notifications through an app I downloaded

Send information to my email

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Fig . 7 : Summary of business communication methods ( percentages of responses )

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Busvine , D . ( 2020 ) Rift opens over European coronavirus contact tracing apps , Reuters . Available at : https :// www . reuters . com / article / us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech / rift-opens-over-european-coronaviruscontact-tracing-apps-idUSKBN2221U0 ( Accessed : 21 April 2020 ).

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Scroxton , A . ( 2020a ) Contact-tracing app fails to protect privacy and human rights , Computer Weekly . Available at : https :// www . computerweekly . com / news / 252482805 / Contact-tracing-app-fails-to-protect-privacy-and-humanrights ( Accessed : 9 May 2020 ).

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Scroxton , A . ( 2020b ) GDPR wholly inappropriate to govern contact-tracing data , Computer Weekly . Available at : https :// www . computerweekly . com / news / 252483355 / GDPR-wholly-inappropriate-to-govern-contact-tracing-data ( Accessed : 20 May 2020 ).

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