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Greece, Israel, the UK, the International Air Transport Association, the USA – these are among the countries and organizations that have either announced that they are introducing a COVID-19 immunity passport or are examining the possibility of doing so. At the same time, many security printers or health management organizations have also announced that they have already developed or are developing such a passport – under names including VeriFLY, TravelPass, CommonPass, MatriX-iPass and more.
It is inevitable that some form of passport or certificate to show that the bearer has had a COVID vaccination will soon be introduced. But what will this passport be like? Will it be a physical document – a true passport lookalike? Or will it be digital or virtual? In any case, how secure will it be and how well will it protect the personal data of the holder?
These passports or certificates may be rushed through, because of the urgency. But this mustn’t be allowed to compromise the need for security, data protection, privacy and the requirement for international standardization of health status documentation. Speed comes with the critical danger that they will be easy to copy or fraudulently emulated, or that there will be inadequate protection for the personally identifiable information of the holder.
