A collective of Berlin-based music lovers, engineers, lawyers and designers have joined forces to create closecontact – a unique and secure COVID-19 contact-sharing app, offering clubs a simple yet crucial tool for the goal of reopening in strict accordance with infection-control regulations.
The free to use web application has garnered support from the Berlin Club Commission and is a sustainable, privacy-minded and hygienic alternative to many common contact-sharing methods.
Closecontact works by instantly generating an electronic pass — an encrypted QR code — once a user submits their basic contact details: a name of their choosing, email address and phone number.
The QR code is quickly scanned by a club’s door staff on entry, where the only information displayed is of the pass’s validity status. All passes and their encrypted data are automatically deleted after 30 days.
In the event that a club’s patrons need to be contacted, the venue’s nominated administrator would gain access to that night’s log to securely submit the records to the health authorities.