Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing

Not to be confused with Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing.
Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracking
Developed byPePP-PT e.V. i.Gr.[1]
IntroducedApril 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)
IndustryDigital contact tracing
Compatible hardwareAndroid & iOS smartphones
Physical range~10 m (33 ft)[2]
Websitewww.pepp-pt.org

Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT/PEPP) is a full-stack open protocol[3] designed to facilitate digital contact tracing of infected participants.[4] The protocol was developed in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The protocol, like the competing Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP-3T) protocol,[5] makes use of Bluetooth LE to discover and locally log clients near a user. However, unlike DP-3T, it uses a centralized reporting server to process contact logs and individually notify clients of potential contact with an infected patient.[6]: section. 3.2 [7] It has been argued that this approaches compromises privacy, but has the benefit of human-in-the-loop checks and health authority verification.[7] While users are not expected to register with their real name,[8]: p. 13  the back-end server processes pseudonymous personal data that would eventually be capable of being reidentified.[9] It has also been put forward that the distinction between centralized/decentralized systems is mostly technical and PEPP-PT is equally able to preserve privacy.[10]

  1. ^ "DATENSCHUTZ | Pepp-Pt". Pepp Pt (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ Sponås, Jon Gunnar. "Things You Should Know About Bluetooth Range". blog.nordicsemi.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. ^ "PEPP-PT License". GitHub. 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. ^ "Europe's PEPP-PT COVID-19 contacts tracing standard push could be squaring up for a fight with Apple and Google". TechCrunch. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ "DP-3T whitepaper" (PDF). GitHub. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  6. ^ "PEPP-PT High Level Overview" (PDF). GitHub. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. ^ a b Jason Bay, Joel Kek, Alvin Tan, Chai Sheng Hau, Lai Yongquan, Janice Tan, Tang Anh Quy. "BlueTrace: A privacy-preserving protocol for community-driven contact tracing across borders" (PDF). Government Technology Agency. Retrieved 2020-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "PEPP-PT Data Protection Information Security Architecture" (PDF). GitHub. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. ^ "Security and privacy analysis of the document 'PEPP-PT: Data Protection and Information Security Architecture'" (PDF). GitHub. 19 April 2020.
  10. ^ "ROBERT-proximity-tracing/documents". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-09-06.