“National authorities should be mindful that precisely because personal data may contain valuable information about the social interactions and recent movements of infected people, they should be handled responsibly. Overriding consent and privacy rights in the name of disease surveillance may fuel distrust and ultimately turn out to be disadvantageous. There have been reports that China’s digital epidemic control might have exacerbated stigmatization and public mistrust. This risk of mistrust is even greater in countries in which citizens place a much lower level of trust in their government, such as Italy, France and the USA. Therefore, whenever access to these data sources is required and is deemed proportional, the public should be adequately informed. Secrecy about data access and use should be avoided. Transparent public communication about data processing for the common good should be pursued. Data-processing agreements, for example, should disclose which data are transmitted to third parties and for which purpose.”22

The online format is a good strategy because it is less restrictive for people to join in. It is also reducing our carbon footprint. Maybe we should be developing hybrid forms of festivals that cater for the physical and online aspect.

Online networking has developed at a much faster rate. Postponing festivals or moving international cultural exchange online. This creates problems with their intellectual property. Art works can be created online, but it is not a replacement to the physical form. Many events were cancelled, and we do not know how to program international collaboration or cooperation. Various plans have to be jotted down because artists need to be paid. Effect on international exchange has been that we need to have more preparations – take it online, be more flexible, in online meetings are now deeper since everyone is understanding the similar difficulties being felt the world over. Social media audience increase the number.

22 Ienca, Marcelo, & Effy Vayena. On the responsible use of digital data to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, 01 April 2020, Opgehaald van Nature Medicine: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0832-5;#citeas.