Secure Digital Verification of COVID-19 Compliance Status Launched by ICC & International SOS
06 Mai 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has partnered with
International SOS, the world’s largest medical and security
services firm, to launch the new ICC AOKpass mobile app to provide
trusted recognition of individuals’ COVID-19 compliance status. At
all times, users maintain full control over their medical
information, which is stored securely and privately only on their
device. Co-developed by Singapore-based startups AOKpass and
Perlin, the app will allow consumers, workers and businesses to
more safely and quickly resume commercial activity in the context
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Development of ICC AOKpass comes as many governments and
businesses explore how to allow immune and low-risk individuals to
more safely re-enter the workforce based on their COVID-19
compliance status. This creates a clear need for a trusted and
standardised global system to share this information in a private
and verifiable manner. ICC AOKpass, for the first time, will use
cutting edge blockchain technology to ensure complete user control
over peer-to-peer sharing of COVID-19 medical compliance.
“The response to COVID-19 must be grounded in the reality that
lives and livelihoods are inextricably connected. Practical
solutions are needed to mitigate the health and economic impacts of
the pandemic. We believe AOKpass will serve as a useful complement
to government-led efforts to use leading-edge technology to enable
a gradual reboot of the global economy while ensuring public
health.” said John W.H. Denton AO, ICC Secretary General.
Deployment of ICC AOKpass will begin with a pilot for the
Singapore-based employees of International SOS, with a view to
rapidly rolling-out pilots for other select businesses globally.
The app will provide employees and businesses with a substantially
safer, more efficient and controlled path to early resumption of
work alongside other social and health-based recovery efforts.
Leveraging its unique position as a not-for-profit, impartial,
and global business institution representing 45 million businesses
in over 100 countries, ICC is developing standards to underpin ICC
AOKpass - allowing it to be recognised across jurisdictions.
Security, transparency and strict privacy preservation for immunity
information are enabled using leading-edge blockchain technology
co-developed by startups AOKpass and the ICC’s blockchain partner
Perlin. ICC AOKpass will also be adaptable to the specific needs of
different companies and countries – evolving to align with ongoing
development of COVID-19 serology testing methods and global best
practices. ICC AOKpass will also eventually allow verification for
other immunisation and medical compliance records held by
individuals.
“This effortless tool, with its total respect to data privacy,
is a major break-through. Using blockchain to secure reporting of
the results of international standard approved testing facilities
has the capability to be a major facilitator in the return to work
across many industries. In cooperation with the ICC and
International SOS, it will be the leading, globally recognised and
accepted system.” said Arnaud Vaissié, International SOS CEO and
Co-founder.
Once fully deployed, users can download the ICC AOKpass app to
their mobile device and use it to securely store an authenticated
digital copy of their COVID-19 compliance status certificate, as
provided by their consulting medical professional. To address
privacy concerns, data entered into ICC AOKpass remains localized
at all times within the user’s app and does not rely on centralized
data records or external systems. Hardcopy certificates issued by
medical professionals, which do not contain any private medical
data, are digitised, authenticated and then made available for
efficient verification by employers, authorities or any other third
parties with no transfer of personal information.
Chester Drum M.D. Ph.D., co-founder of AOKpass and medical
practitioner explained: “As a doctor and medical researcher, my job
is to advocate for patients. As the world recovers from COVID-19,
the use of immunity information will be critical, but protection
for patients and workers must always be paramount. ICC AOKpass is
designed to be strictly controlled by individuals but easily
accessible when verification of COVID-19 compliance status is
needed. We must remember that patients are more than just people
with ailments, they are bread-winners, caretakers and essential
participants in our communities and economies.”
For more information on ICC AOKpass, see www.AOKpass.com
Register your interest for an ICC AOKpass pilot:
https://www.aokpass.com/en/pilot/
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MEDIA CONTACTS: ICC AOKpass: Darren Toh,
darren@perlin.net International SOS: Suzanne Withers,
suzanne.withers@internationalsos.com