- Published
- 26 October 2021
- Journal article
A Privacy-Preserving Platform for Recording COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
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- Source
- ACM
Abstract
Digital vaccine passports are one of the main solutions which would allow the restart of travel in a post COVID-19 world. Trust, scalability and security are all key challenges one must overcome in implementing a vaccine passport. Initial approaches attempt to solve this problem by using centralised systems with trusted authorities. However, sharing vaccine passport data between different organisations, regions and countries has become a major challenge. This paper designs a new platform architecture for creating, storing and verifying digital COVID-19 vaccine certifications. The platform makes use of InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to guarantee there is no single point of failure and allow data to be securely distributed globally. Blockchain and smart contracts are also integrated into the platform to define policies and log access rights to vaccine passport data while ensuring all actions are audited and verifiably immutable. Our proposed platform realises General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements in terms of user consent, data encryption, data erasure and accountability obligations. We assess the scalability and performance of the platform using IPFS and Blockchain test networks.
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Barati, M., Buchanan, W., Lo, O. & Rana, O. 2021, 'A Privacy-Preserving Platform for Recording COVID-19 Vaccine Passports', ACM. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2826429
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