Checks and controls, an app to read Green Passes

With the obligation of the green pass for some activities, checks will also come. From 6 August the green passport - which is obtained once you have a vaccination certificate (issued 15 days after the first dose and valid until the second or after the second dose and valid for 9 months), with the certificate of healing (valid for 6 months) and with the negative result of a tampon carried out in the previous 48 hours - it will be

, even if indoors.

Therefore, checks will be necessary to verify the validity and authenticity of the green certificates that citizens will be able to show both in paper and digital versions.

app

, developed by the Ministry of Health through SOGEI. The VerificationC19 app can only be used by "verifiers", or those in charge of controlling the COVID-19 green certifications: those who provide services for which certification is required, organizers of events and activities to participate in which possession of the same certification and public officials in the exercise of their functions is required. 

The process of using the verification app is divided, in particular, into the following phases: the verifier requests certification from the interested party, who shows the relative QR Code (in digital or paper format). The app reads the QR Code, extracts the information and proceeds with the authenticity check by verifying the digital signature and then graphically shows the verifier the actual authenticity and validity of the certification as well as the name, surname and date of birth of the 'holder and the unique identifier of the same. The holder, upon request of the verifier, exhibits a valid identity document for the purpose of verifying the correspondence of the personal data present in the document with those displayed by the app.All sensitive data contained in the green pass will not be stored by the app in respect of privacy.