Slap of the Privacy Guarantor to the government on the vaccination pass. All the whys
Here are the criticisms of the Privacy Guarantor – in substance and method – to the vaccination pass provided for by the Reopening decree
Slap of the Privacy Guarantor to the government – in substance and method – on the vaccination pass.
Here are all the details.
WHAT THE GUARANTOR OF PRIVACY HAS WRITTEN ON THE PASS
"The recently approved standard for the creation and management of 'green certifications', the so-called vaccination passes, presents critical issues that could invalidate, if not appropriately modified, the validity and functioning of the system envisaged for the reopening of travel during the pandemic. Urgent action is therefore needed to protect people's rights and freedoms ”. This is the indication of the Guarantor for the protection of personal data contained in a formal warning , adopted pursuant to the EU Regulation, just sent to all the ministries and other parties involved. The provision was also sent to the President of the Council of Ministers, "for the relevant assessments".
THE REOPENING DECREE TO THE VAGLIO OF THE GUARANTOR
The Guarantor observes first of all that "the so-called 'reopening decree' does not guarantee a suitable regulatory basis for the introduction and use of green certificates on a national scale, and is seriously incomplete in terms of data protection, without an assessment of possible large-scale risks to personal rights and freedoms.
THE CONTRAST OF THE PASS WITH THE EU REGULATION
In contrast to the provisions of the European regulation on the protection of personal data, the decree does not precisely define the purposes for the processing of data on the health of Italians, leaving room for multiple and unpredictable future uses, potentially misaligned even with similar initiatives. European.
THE CRITICS OF THE GUARANTOR ABOUT THE PASS
It is not specified who is the data controller, in violation of the principle of transparency, thus making it difficult if not impossible to exercise the rights of the interested parties: for example, in the case of incorrect information contained in the green certifications ".
THE RESOLUTION OF THE GUARANTOR
“The law – continues the Authority – also provides for an excessive use of data on certificates to be exhibited in the event of control, in violation of the principle of minimization. To ensure, for example, the validity of the certification, it would have been sufficient to provide a form that would only report the expiration date of the green pass, instead of using different models for those who have previously fallen ill with Covid or have undergone vaccination ".
CRITICISM ON THE MERIT AND METHOD ON THE PASS
Finally, the Guarantor points out that "the serious criticalities found could have been resolved in advance and in a very short time if, as required by European and Italian legislation, the subjects involved in the definition of the law decree had initiated the necessary dialogue with the Authority, requesting the envisaged opinion, without postponing to subsequent investigations ". In any case, the Authority offered the government "its collaboration to address and overcome the critical issues identified".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/sberla-del-garante-della-privacy-al-governo-sul-pass-vaccinale-tutti-i-perche/ on Sat, 24 Apr 2021 06:34:50 +0000.