Determining the influence of information privacy concerns and trust of citizens on the attitude towards the Dutch COVID passport using PLS-SEM.

The covid passport is a new phenomenon introduced in 2021 and used as a tool to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus.This quantitative, confirmatory study aims to test the privacy and trust concerns of individuals in relationship to the attitude towards a COVID passport. The privacy calculus framework forms the foundation of the conceptual model in order to get a grasp of the privacy concerns of individuals. The seven constructs of this model were: perceived effectiveness of technological mechanism, perceived effectiveness of regulatory mechanism, individuals trust, perceived benefits, information privacy concerns, convenience and attitude towards COVID passport.