Mitiga Italia, who are the members of the app blocked by the Privacy Guarantor
Because the Privacy Guarantor has ordered the immediate blocking of the Mitiga Italia app
“Mitiga, the app that could save Europeans”… not for the Privacy Guarantor.
On June 4, the Guarantor for the protection of personal data ordered the temporary blocking of the processing of personal data against the company Mitiga Srl which manages the “Mitiga Italia” app.
The app was used for the first time on May 19 to allow spectators in possession of certification certifying vaccination, recovery or negativity from Covid-19 to enter the Italian Cup final.
The measure was made necessary since the possibility emerged that the app, in the coming days, could be used to govern access to other events and shows or other sporting initiatives. Just like the next European football championships in Rome.
All the details.
WHAT IS MITIGA ITALIA
The free Mitiga app, available on the App Store, Google Play Store and Huawei AppGallery, therefore aims to "mitigate" the risk of contagion.
"The user who downloads Mitiga – Fabio Traini, creator of the app with Daniele Coccia and Alessandro Michetti told Today – will be able to demonstrate his status by appealing to affiliated pharmacies or analysis laboratories, which, once the user has been recognized , will take care of recording in the platform the results of a rapid, molecular antigen test or the administration of the vaccine. To guarantee the reliability of the system, self-certifications or certificates issued by non-affiliated entities are not allowed ".
GREEN PASS MECHANISM
“The mechanism is no different from that of the green pass” underlined a week ago by engineer Traini to the microphones of Progress, a program of SkyTg24 . "With the support of Federfarma we have sought a network of affiliated pharmacies throughout the Italian territory, to ensure that a person, before participating in any type of event, can take a swab".
WHAT ABOUT PRIVACY?
“In terms of privacy, Mitiga, which is a private company, guarantees to view for each access« only the minimum amount of personal information necessary ». That is, name, surname and photo of the user for recognition, underlined the Corriere della Sera .
On the app, the data remain exclusively for 48 hours: no health data is therefore retained, except for the negative result of the swab for only two days.
Health information, the official website reads, "is stored only in pharmacies and analytical laboratories or on the user's phone". The data is "used only to guarantee access to events and never for other purposes".
But for the Privacy Guarantor these reassurances are not enough.
THE PROVISION OF THE GUARANTOR OF PRIVACY
In his provision, the Guarantor stressed that there is currently no valid legal basis for the processing of data, even particularly delicate ones such as those of a health nature, carried out through the app and aimed at ascertaining the "Covid free" situation of those participating in sporting events as well as other public events or enter premises open to the public.
THE FAULT OF THE COMPANY MITIGA SRL
Finally, according to the authority chaired by Pasquale Stanzione, the Mitiga company, having submitted the application to the Authority on 1 April, should have refrained from any data processing. Since the time foreseen by the Regulations for the taking of a decision by the same Authority had not elapsed.
THE EFFECTS OF THE BLOCK
The block has immediate effect and will continue for the time necessary to allow the Authority to define the investigation started
WHO ARE THE MEMBERS
Founded in January 2021, Mitiga srl is based in Rome.
The directors of Mitiga Srl are the founders Fabio Traini and Giulio Cesare Tassoni. The latter are also the owners of the company (with a 20% stake each) together with Alessandro Michetti (20%), Daniele Coccia (20%) and Giampiero Pagliarone (20%).
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/mitiga-italia-chi-sono-i-soci-dellapp-bloccata-dal-garante-privacy/ on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:04:39 +0000.