As more Americans seek vaccines to reopen the doors to their lives, the topic of digital passports to prove inoculation against COVID-19 has spiraled upward. The evolving story of vaccine passports is global, complicated, politicized and polarized. In many cases, these stories do not consider one of the most critical concerns: privacy impacts related to personal medical information security.

Hacking Healthcare, the weekly blog for members of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), recently provided some key updates. The EU has launched a Digital Green Certificate Program, expected to be ready later this summer. Israel has a Green Pass to validate vaccination (or COVID-19 recovery date for antibody immunity), needed to enter restaurants and other crowded venues.

Chris Elliott with the Washington Post recently covered new programs, including the IATA Travel PASS, a digital platform under development from the International Air Transport Association, and the Common Pass, a digital immunity passport in testing by the non-the profit group Commons Project Foundation along with the World Economic Forum. The Commons Project is also working with Walmart and Sam’s Club to offer digital access to a person’s vaccine records. Our favorite TSA line-skipping service, CLEAR, is also getting in the game.

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