CommonPass.
Share your current health status so you can safely return to normal life.
CommonPass is enables individuals to document their COVID-19 status to satisfy country entry requirements while protecting their health privacy. With CommonPass, individuals can easily access their lab results and soon vaccination records, and surface their COVID-19 health status at the point of entry without revealing any other underlying person health information.
CommonPass is currently in limited availability with select partners.
How it works.
To use CommonPass, individuals can access their lab results and vaccination records through existing health data systems, national or local registries or personal digital health records (e.g. CommonHealth for Android).
The CommonPass platform then assesses whether the individual’s lab test results or vaccination records (1) come from a trusted source, and (2) satisfy the health screening requirements of the country they want to enter. If they meet the requirements of their destination, CommonPass generates a simple “yes” or “no” certificate that they can share without revealing any personal health information.
CommonPass is designed with the ability to be accessed directly through other apps and services. With CommonPass and the broader CommonTrust Network, governments can confidently vet each traveler’s verified COVID-19 status, and airline and cross-border travel can be safely restored to the benefit of travelers, airlines, and governments alike.
The CommonTrust Network.
Neutral.
CommonPass is being developed by a nonprofit public trust, beholden to no governments and no commercial interests. It is operated by The Commons Project on an open, independent, sustainable, not-for-profit basis.
Privacy preserving.
CommonPass allows individuals to access their lab results and vaccination records, and consent to have that information used to validate their COVID-19 status without revealing any other underlying personal health information.
Flexible.
CommonPass provides the flexibility for countries to update health screening entry requirements as the pandemic evolves and science progresses.
Global.
The Commons Project and The World Economic Forum have convened more than 350 public and private sector leaders from 52 countries to come together to design a common framework for safe border reopening.
Data privacy.
CommonPass is designed to protect data privacy and satisfy data privacy regulations by adhering to the following privacy principles:
Agency: Data are stored or shared only with explicit, informed consent
Data Minimization: Only the minimum amount of personal data are used for any transaction
Federation: Personally identifiable health information is stored only at the source or on the user’s phone
Use: Data are only stored to the extent necessary and never used for any other purpose
Trusted Health Network.
At present, COVID-19 test results are frequently presented on printed paper - or photos of the paper - from unknown labs, often written in languages foreign to those inspecting them. There is no standard format or certification system for lab results. Similarly, vaccination records are generally shared on paper cards that can be easily forged. As countries contemplate relaxing border restrictions and quarantine requirements, they need a more trustworthy model for validating the health status of incoming travelers. The Commons Project Foundation and The World Economic Forum are partnering to build a global network of testing providers, vaccination providers, and public health registries as part of a larger effort to safely reconnect the world.
Restarting Economies.
Countries worldwide need tourism and travel to support their local economies. The World Travel and Tourism Council predicts that over 190 million people may lose their travel related jobs in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This will result in $5.5 billion in lost GDP and parents will be unable to put food on the table and roofs over their families heads. The impact of travel resuming will be felt across the globe, from workers traveling across the world for in-person meetings, to the truck drivers transporting goods across borders. Travel needs to be restarted safely to ensure the number of COVID-19 cases does not increase. CommonPass uses technology and health data to ensure travelers are not bringing the virus across borders.
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What people are saying.
“To restart travel in the pandemic era, we need an international health pass we can trust.”
— Bradley A. Perkins, Chief Medical Officer, The Commons Project
“The hope is that CommonPass, which is backed by the World Economic Forum, will eventually establish standard certifications for Covid-19 test results.”
— Editorial Board, The Financial Times
“Individual national responses will not be sufficient to address this global crisis. Bans, bubbles and quarantines may provide short term protection, but developed and developing nations alike need a long-term, flexible and risk-based approach like CommonPass.”
— Christoph Wolff, Head of Mobility, World Economic Forum