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Vaccine Site Uses Credit History to Verify Patients’ Identities

Posted on January 16, 2021June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Samantha Cole reports:

When retired web developer Catherine Kunicki tried to sign up for her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in downtown Brooklyn, the AdvantageCare Physicians website rejected her. She received an error message that her identity couldn’t be verified through Experian, a credit monitoring company.

She said she’s felt “horrified” at the amount of info needed from vaccination scheduling sites before users can even see when there are open slots.

Read more on Vice.

via Joe Cadillic

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