COVID-19: Human Rights Implications of Digital Certificates for Health Status Verification: Expert Semi-Structured Interview Transcripts, 2020-2021

The data relates to the project COVID-19: Human Rights Implications of Digital Certificates for Health Status Verification. The study aimed at analysing the implications of Covid-19 health status certificates for data privacy and human rights. These certificates are also commonly referred to as digital health passports. Covid-19 health status certificates are defined in the study as an all-encompassing term, referring to the digital and paper-based certificates that, combined with identity verification, allow individuals to prove their health status (such as the results of Covid-19 tests and vaccination records). The study could draw on twenty semi-structured interviews with technologists and experts in digital identity and certification conducted between December 2020 and March 2021, as well as disciplinary and interdisciplinary literature reviews and evaluations of primary and secondary sources of law.