新冠疫情防控中公众知情权与患者隐私权的平衡

On the Balance between Public Right to Know and Patients’ Privacy Right in COVID-19 Prevention and Control

在新冠疫情防控中公众知情权与患者隐私权涉及多方,场景不断转换失衡时有发生,患者隐私权的边界应以不损害公众生命健康安全为限,公众知情权的范围和程度应以必要为限;患者有向防疫部门主动报告和接受强制报告的义务,亦有主动告知和示警周边之人的义务,公众则既不应不当利用疫情防控所公布的患者个人信息,更不应不当利用个人知悉而未公布的患者个人信息,且其不可能存在一条固定的界限,其平衡只能是动态的、具体的。

In COVID-19 prevention and control, the public’s right to know and patients’ privacy right involve multiple parties, and the imbalance occurs from time to time due to the constant change of scenes. The boundary of patients’ privacy right should be limited to no harm to public life and health, and the scope and degree of the public’s right to know should be limited to necessity. Patients have the obligation to voluntarily report to the pandemic prevention department and accept mandatory reporting, and also have the obligation to actively inform and warn people around them. The public should not improperly use patients’ personal information released in pandemic prevention and control, and patients’ personal information known to individuals but not released. There cannot be a fixed boundary. The balance can only be dynamic and specific.