Experts worry vaccine passports may be discriminatory, but governments are moving ahead with them anyway

Governments and businesses around the world are considering implementing ways people can prove that they have been given the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. One way is for people to use what is being called “vaccine passports,” but this is raising ethical concerns about whether such certifications will exclude many sectors of society from daily life. Proponents of … Continue reading Experts worry vaccine passports may be discriminatory, but governments are moving ahead with them anyway

Vaccine passports pose data privacy risks UK Information Commissioner

The head of the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has warned the government that Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine passports could pose data privacy risks and create artificial divisions in society between those who have received their shots and those who haven’t. The U.K. parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Subcommittee on Online Harms and Disinformation asked Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham regarding … Continue reading Vaccine passports pose data privacy risks UK Information Commissioner