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TitleA study of Chinese university students' attitude towards privacy and security on COVID Public Health and Safety Policies
Authors
Issue Date2024
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
Citation
Huang, S. [黃思穎], Kong, J. [孔珈瑶], Kong, X. [孔小雨]. (2024). A study of Chinese university students' attitude towards privacy and security on COVID Public Health and Safety Policies. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.
AbstractThe purpose of this study is to discuss the perceptions of mainland Chinese who are attending university, regarding the security and privacy of mainland China’s health code policy during the pandemic, and how these perceptions influenced their acceptance of the policy. The study has also intentionally tried to compare the attitudes of mainland university students with overseas living experience (including living in Hong Kong) with those without overseas living experience in our study. Numerous studies have been conducted to show that in the digital age, the public generally feels a lack of control over their personal data, either in terms of governmental or other use. This concern was further amplified during the pandemic, when the health code policy, the central strategy for controlling the pandemic in mainland China, ended up in a disorganized state in collecting, using, and managing personal health data due to varying standards of implementation across the country, uneven quality of implementers, and misuse of the code by data processors. Not only was this state not effective in reducing the risk of infection, but it also posed a public privacy risk (Bardus,2022). Based on the questionnaire responses collected from 237 mainland Chinese, the study confirmed that the target group was aware of the problems associated with excessive access to and misuse of personal information through health codes. There is also a significant concern about privacy issues in the health code policy, but in terms of the overall tendency, the target group again shows a more supportive attitude towards this type of public health and safety policy. Based on the unique cultural background of mainland China, the study participates in the international comparative study of this major global public health crisis event by measuring university students’ attitudes toward public health safety and privacy. The expectation is that this study will provide a new perspective on public policy decision-making and implementation from an international comparative perspective.
DegreeMaster of Social Sciences
SubjectPrivacy, Right of
COVID-19 (Disease)
Dept/ProgramCriminology
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/352842

 

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dc.contributor.authorHuang, Siying-
dc.contributor.author黃思穎-
dc.contributor.authorKong, Jiayao-
dc.contributor.author孔珈瑶-
dc.contributor.authorKong, Xiaoyu-
dc.contributor.author孔小雨-
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-08T06:46:35Z-
dc.date.available2025-01-08T06:46:35Z-
dc.date.issued2024-
dc.identifier.citationHuang, S. [黃思穎], Kong, J. [孔珈瑶], Kong, X. [孔小雨]. (2024). A study of Chinese university students' attitude towards privacy and security on COVID Public Health and Safety Policies. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/352842-
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to discuss the perceptions of mainland Chinese who are attending university, regarding the security and privacy of mainland China’s health code policy during the pandemic, and how these perceptions influenced their acceptance of the policy. The study has also intentionally tried to compare the attitudes of mainland university students with overseas living experience (including living in Hong Kong) with those without overseas living experience in our study. Numerous studies have been conducted to show that in the digital age, the public generally feels a lack of control over their personal data, either in terms of governmental or other use. This concern was further amplified during the pandemic, when the health code policy, the central strategy for controlling the pandemic in mainland China, ended up in a disorganized state in collecting, using, and managing personal health data due to varying standards of implementation across the country, uneven quality of implementers, and misuse of the code by data processors. Not only was this state not effective in reducing the risk of infection, but it also posed a public privacy risk (Bardus,2022). Based on the questionnaire responses collected from 237 mainland Chinese, the study confirmed that the target group was aware of the problems associated with excessive access to and misuse of personal information through health codes. There is also a significant concern about privacy issues in the health code policy, but in terms of the overall tendency, the target group again shows a more supportive attitude towards this type of public health and safety policy. Based on the unique cultural background of mainland China, the study participates in the international comparative study of this major global public health crisis event by measuring university students’ attitudes toward public health safety and privacy. The expectation is that this study will provide a new perspective on public policy decision-making and implementation from an international comparative perspective. -
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)-
dc.relation.ispartofHKU Theses Online (HKUTO)-
dc.rightsThe author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works.-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subject.lcshPrivacy, Right of-
dc.subject.lcshCOVID-19 (Disease)-
dc.titleA study of Chinese university students' attitude towards privacy and security on COVID Public Health and Safety Policies-
dc.typePG_Thesis-
dc.description.thesisnameMaster of Social Sciences-
dc.description.thesislevelMaster-
dc.description.thesisdisciplineCriminology-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.date.hkucongregation2024-
dc.identifier.mmsid991044890309003414-

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