Addressing the Ethics Concerns of Consent and Privacy in Humanitarian Cyberspace through Blockchain Technologies

Abstract

The methods and procedures in which aid recipient data is requested, received, maintained, used, and disregarded must be given greater care as humanitarian aid efforts become more immersed within the humanitarian cyberspace domain. This research paper proposes the adaptation of a humanitarian aid-driven privacy-aware blockchain protocol by humanitarian organizations to help protect the privacy of aid recipients and increase their conscious unforced consent of personal data. This research also asserts that leveraging blockchain technologies may offer data protection and security to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief recipients without compromising the integrity of Humanitarian Cyberspace.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 2021
Accession Number
AD1206042

Entities

People

  • Andrew M. Francis

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blockchain
  • Computers
  • Consensus Algorithms
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distributed Ledger
  • Health Services
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Mobile Phones
  • Natural Disasters
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace