Abstract
Background: The sharing and utilization of online users' information has become an important resource for governments to manage COVID-19; however, it also involves the risk of leakage of users' personal information. Online users' sharing decisions regarding personal information and the government's COVID-19 prevention and control decisions influence each other and jointly determine the efficiency of COVID-19 control and prevention.Method: Using the evolutionary game models, this paper examines the behavioral patterns of online users and governments with regard to the sharing and disclosure of COVID-19 information for its prevention and control.Results: This paper deduce the reasons and solutions underlying the contradiction between the privacy risks faced by online users in sharing information and COVID-19 prevention and control efforts. The inconsistency between individual and collective rationality is the root cause of the inefficiency of COVID-19 prevention and control.Conclusions: The reconciliation of privacy protection with COVID-19 prevention and control efficiency can be achieved by providing guidance and incentives to modulate internet users' behavioral expectations.
Highlights
Information sharing and utilization by online users has become an important resource for governments to manage the spread of COVID-19
The result indicates that when the user refrains from sharing personal information, the government’s disclosure of the user information will lead to a situation where the value generated by the disclosure of the information is higher than the social costs associated with the disclosure (L > C)
When the government’s disclosure of personal information leads to a situation in which the additional value generated by the disclosure of the information is higher than the social costs incurred by the disclosure, the evolutionary game of the user and the government will eventually choose the strategy profile of and remain unchanged
Summary
The sharing and utilization of online users’ information has become an important resource for governments to manage COVID-19; it involves the risk of leakage of users’ personal information. Online users’ sharing decisions regarding personal information and the government’s COVID-19 prevention and control decisions influence each other and jointly determine the efficiency of COVID-19 control and prevention. Method: Using the evolutionary game models, this paper examines the behavioral patterns of online users and governments with regard to the sharing and disclosure of COVID-19 information for its prevention and control
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