Vaccine Pass｜The QR code of the customer's needle card needs to be retained at the restaurant, and the QR code needs to be handed over to the government for the outbreak on the 31st

The government announced yesterday (27th) that the "Vaccination Pass" will be implemented starting from February 24th, and citizens must present their vaccination cards when entering all restaurants and scheduled premises.

Persons in charge of restaurants and premises must use the updated version of the "Verified QR Code Scanner" mobile application to scan the encrypted QR code of the customer's PIN card.

The source revealed that the encrypted QR code of the customer will be stored in the app of the person in charge of the premises for 31 days, and then it will be deleted by itself.

At the request of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, if there is an outbreak, it will be provided to the Centre for inspection.

Because the needle card contains personal information such as ID number and contact number, it can help the authorities to track people who are in the same place and visit restaurants in disguised form under the real-name system.

However, the responsibility for data preservation falls on the person in charge of the premises, which requires the government to deal with it by law.

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Need to use "Verified QR Code Scanner" to record customer pin card

According to sources, restaurants or designated premises use the "Verified QR Code Scanner" mobile application. After scanning the electronic or physical pin card for customers, the application will record the customer's encrypted QR code and keep it on the mobile phone , will not be uploaded to the government repository, just like the current public use of "Safe Travel", to avoid being accused of tracking citizens, and the program cannot read the data of the QR code to protect privacy.

When required by the CHP, if there is an outbreak like Mochizuki Tower in Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong, restaurants will be required to upload relevant records to track the same customers.

The message said that the records in the app will only be kept for 31 days, after which it will be automatically deleted.

The needle card has an ID number and has left a phone number when making an appointment for vaccination

At present, the needle card contains the information of the citizen's full name, gender, identity document number, and date of birth. Although there is no mobile phone number, when making an appointment for vaccination, the citizen has actually provided a local mobile phone number that can receive SMS. It is also pointed out in the vaccination appointment system that there are 7 uses of the collected personal data. Although all of them are related to the use of infection case tracking, the terms also state that they can be transmitted when authorized or required by law. to the relevant government bureaux/departments and agencies.

Citizens have submitted their mobile phone numbers and consented to the use of personal data by the government when making an appointment for a new crown vaccination.

(Screenshot of the appointment system for the 2019-nCoV vaccination plan)

Fang Baoqiao: The measure is "restaurant version of travel with peace of mind"

Fang Baoqiao, honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Information Technology Chamber of Commerce, believes that the government's new measure is "safe travel for restaurants." He also pointed out that the QR code encryption technology can prevent restaurants and staff from misappropriating diners' personal information through the QR code of the pin card.

He further described it as saying, "It will take tens of thousands of years to crack the encryption."

However, there are still loopholes in this technology, and restaurants may still lose their mobile phones or delete apps, or even refrain from scanning diners’ pin cards for convenience.

Fang believes that the relevant loopholes need to be filled by the government through legislation.

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