Published March 3, 2025 | Version 1
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Force majeure impact on citizen science: Perspective from an EU funded project

Creators

  • 1. Coventry University, Coventry, England, UK
  • 2. Stelar Security Technology Law Research UG, STELAR, FANNY-LEWALD-RING, HAMBURG, 21035, Germany
  • 3. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
  • 4. NOK A TUDOMANYBAN EGYESULET, BUDAPEST, 1121, Hungary
  • 5. Immer Besser GMBH, MUNCHEN, 81245, Germany
  • 6. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel

Description

Citizen science is a democratic pursuit affording opportunities for the general public to contribute to advancing scientific knowledge and policy-making through collaboration with scientists. The once-in-a-hundred-years COVID-19 pandemic set challenges for an EU funded international project exploring GDPR compliance through the extent of online tracking in websites and apps. This article is relevant, not only because of the likelihood of another pandemic in less than a hundred years, but also the issues of data protection and privacy are real with compliance strengthened in the EU's Digital Services Act

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10.1073/pnas.2022376118 (DOI)
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