January 22, 2021 07:11 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/22/22244648/covid-testing-website-allegedly-broke-eu-privacy-laws
An EU parliament website for COVID testing allegedly broke the EUs privacy laws
The European Parliament is being investigated by the European Data Protection Supervisor after allegations that its COVID testing website didn’t meet EU privacy standards. Six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have worked with data watchdog group noyb to bring the complaint, saying that the site illegally sent data to the US and that its cookie banners were deceptive.
The website was set up to help MEPs schedule COVID tests, and while it didn’t handle any health information itself, sending data to the US for processing would still be illegal. According to the complaint, the testing website made over 150 requests to third parties, including Google and Stripe. Under EU law, data can only be transferred to the US if “an adequate...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/22/22244648/covid-testing-website-allegedly-broke-eu-privacy-laws
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