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> According to the data protection regulation, GDPR, personal data may be transferred to third countries, i.e. countries outside the EU/EEA, if the European Com
by j-a-a-p 3y ago
> According to the data protection regulation, GDPR, personal data may be transferred to third countries, i.e. countries outside the EU/EEA, if the European Commission has decided that the country in question has an adequate level of protection for personal data that corresponds to that within the EU/EEA. However, the CJEU ruled through the Schrems II ruling that the United States could not be considered to have such an adequate level of protection at the time of the ruling.
- European Court of Justice (CJEU)
I always thought that by asking for permission in the privacy statement, and in the cookie banner analytics cookies are also explicit usually, it would be OK.
But indeed, even if you refuse the analytics cookies (I do that automatically, who doesn't?), that still does not stop the website from transferring PII to google analytics. I am assuming that here, not a user of analytics, but i suppose it will still work without cookies, maybe just a little less accurate.
- magriz 3y agoThing is, the IP address is also considered personal information (since it can be combined with other data to identify a person), and it is getting transferred with every request. The CJEU ruling about the US is mainly due to the fact that US service providers have to hand over all data if US government agencies request it.
- j-a-a-p 3y agoYes - it is more or less the same. In the EU they have to provide the data to the local authorities as well. Using any analytics, hosted in US, in the EU or hosting it myself, will involve moving and storing PII. To be clear, I agree we should keep PII in EU. But I doubt that an EU solution will improve anything for the end user.