Security News > 2021 > June > Vaccine passports challenged by data privacy and security implications

These apps, coined "Vaccination passports," refer to mobile apps used to confirm whether or not someone has received the COVID-19 vaccine.

While some think vaccine apps could be the key to lifting travel restrictions, challenges have arisen regarding data privacy and security implications.

We surveyed 3,000 Americans to learn more about how they feel about vaccine passport apps and what they mean for the security of their data.

55.9% don't trust vaccine passports with their health data.

We first asked participants if they would be comfortable with the security of their health data if it were required to be used to obtain a COVID vaccine passport.

Questions about the type of information digital vaccine passports would collect are important to examine, especially considering the major uptick in cyberattacks that came about amid the pandemic-we saw ransomware groups increasingly targeting medical billing companies, COVID relief organizations, pharmaceutical companies and government institutions in April of 2020.

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