The app generated 500,000 certificates in April, and a companion app for businesses to verify them had 40,000 installations, New York spokeswoman Jennifer Givner said.Įxcelsior Pass developer IBM Corp (IBM.N) is in discussions with additional states, vice president Eric Piscini said. Nationwide, over 70,000 Health Passes are used for venue admission weekly, Clear said, though the app is only starting to verify vaccination status.Īlso gaining traction is Excelsior Pass, funded by New York state, which supports verification of tests and vaccinations within the state. With fans anxious to get back to live sports, the Giants said its promotion generated about 6,000 Clear downloads in April. So far, Clear is among coronavirus health app frontrunners, with partners including United Airlines (UAL.O) for its Los Angeles-to-Honolulu flights and the Venetian resort in Las Vegas for conventions it hosts. 'Those experiences where you have to prove something about you – if we can help empower the consumer to get through that more quickly - that is our core business,' said Catesby Perrin, Clear's executive vice president of growth. Clear said users control their health records.Īs a business based on replacing physical IDs, tickets and credit cards with facial or fingerprint recognition, Clear has a huge opportunity in emerging health-check rules that would familiarize more people with its technology. Privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation fears Clear and other passport apps will hold data indefinitely and morph into consumer trackers. Republican governors including in Florida and Texas last month moved to bar some establishments from asking about immunization status, though legal experts say door-checks are lawful to protect public health.

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