Goodbye Health Privacy ... Hello 'Digital Health Passport'

A British cybersecurity company, VTS, in partnership with several tech firms, is rolling out the COVI-PASS, which is a “digital health passport” that will contain your “relevant health information," reported mintpressnews.

In May 2020, VST signed with the owner of COVI-PASS, Circle Pass Enterprises (CPE) to integrate VST’s VCode into the biometric RFID-enabled “passports” which can be accessed via mobile phone or a key fob that will flash colored lights to denote if an individual is to be denied entry to public locations.

According to Twitter posts, VST now has a direct partnership with the UK government and has secured contracts to deploy its technology in 15 countries, including Italy, Portugal, France, India, the USA, Canada, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, and the Netherlands.

This type of 'contact-tracing' app is currently being deployed throughout the USA, which suspended aspects of the HIPAA privacy law during the COVID-19 pandemic.