The Privacy Challenge in the Race for Digital Vaccination Certificates

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Rieger, Alexander ; Roth, Tamara ; Sedlmeir, Johannes ; Fridgen, Gilbert:
The Privacy Challenge in the Race for Digital Vaccination Certificates.
In: Med. Vol. 2 (2021) Issue 6 . - pp. 633-634.
ISSN 2666-6340
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.018

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In the wake of COVID vaccination campaigns, companies and governments make haste in launching digital vaccination certificates. These digital certificates often differ in design and structure but are typically stored in mobile apps. However, using mobile apps comes with two significant challenges: interoperability and privacy. Interoperability is important for broad and easy usability of digital vaccination certificates. Yet, it is difficult to establish because poor coordination and a rat race for innovation have complicated the adoption of common technical standards1. Data privacy is important for user trust and legal compliance. It is, in fact, an even bigger challenge than interoperability.