EU’s Data Watchdogs Warn Against Risks of Vaccine Passport
- EU authorities in opinion say plans need to protect user data
- EDPB warns of ‘unintended’ uses of digital green certificates
This article is for subscribers only.
European Union data regulators warned that plans to introduce a vaccine passport to revive travel must protect personal data and shouldn’t be applied beyond the current pandemic.
The EU’s two top privacy regulators in a joint opinion Tuesday said plans for digital green certificates “must expressly include that access to and subsequent use of individuals’ data” by governments after the pandemic “is not permitted.”