Who and why criticizes the American privacy of the IO app
The IO app provides for the transfer of user data to the US: privacy at risk? Facts and controversies. Here's what the Guarantor says
With the App Io, the Italians seem to have overcome the fears with privacy that they had with the Immuni app, the tracking app also born in time of pandemic. The application that promises state cashback within days of the (grueling) debut has reached and surpassed the downloads of Immuni.
But, numbers and hopes of a return of money aside, the privacy problems are not really completely overcome: the data, as stated in the information of the Io app, are transferred to non-European countries. And this also worries the Privacy Guarantor.
All the details.
THE PRIVACY POLICY
Let's start with the privacy policy. "The Data Controller of personal data is the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), which avails itself of PagoPA SpA and Consap SpA, a state-owned company, as Data Processors pursuant to art . 28 of the RGPD) for carrying out the activities necessary to guarantee the participation of the Program Members and the timely disbursement of reimbursements in their favor, as well as to allow the management of any complaints and / or disputes arising from participation in the Program ", read on the Io app website , which also explains that: PagoPA SpA “makes use, limited to the performance of certain activities, of third-party suppliers who reside in non-EU countries (USA). To carry out some activities related to the management of complaints through the dedicated Portal, Consap SpA makes use of third party suppliers who have their headquarters in non-EU countries (USA) ".
THE CONCERNS OF THE PRIVACY GUARANTOR
This worries the Privacy Guarantor, who on 14 October on the one hand expressed a positive opinion on the draft regulation that defines the functioning of the cashback program (so-called "cashback") in favor of consumers, on the other hand he did not fail to underline that there were "risks and criticalities that emerged in the context of such massive data processing, referable to every aspect of the daily life of the entire population".
THE GUARANTOR'S COMMITMENT
The data on spending, on purchases and therefore on the habits of Italians are sensitive data. And this is why the Guarantor, explains Il Sole 24 Ore , will go back to analyzing the characteristics of the "I" app after the Ministry sends the impact assessment. Among the aspects supervised by the Guarantor are push notifications, the automatic activation of services not expressly requested by the user and the transfer of personal data to third countries.
GUARANTOR HAS ASKED FOR GUARANTEES
The Guarantor's analysis aims to establish whether the Government has established "in the regulation stringent guarantees for the protection of the persons involved", as required by the Authority which supervises the confidentiality of data
THE ACTION PROTEST
The transfer of data abroad also worries Action, the party of Carlo Calenda. “Beyond the malfunctions of the Io app, there are fundamental aspects related to user data to be able to join cashback. In fact, the information made available in the IO app indicates that Pago Pa uses suppliers residing in non-EU countries where the level of data protection is not considered adequate with respect to European regulations ”, says Giulia Pastorella , the party's digital manager. “In the design phase of the service, all the suppliers involved should have signed a formal commitment at least to keep the data within the EU”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/chi-e-perche-critica-la-privacy-allamericana-dellapp-io/ on Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:06:57 +0000.