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Data transfers to the US and insufficient cookie information: noyb files complaint against the European Parliament.

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Data transfers to the US and insufficient cookie information: noyb filed complaint on behalf of six MEPs against the European Parliament. Today, noyb filed a complaint against the European Parliament on behalf of six MEPs. The main issues raised are the deceptive cookie banners of an internal corona testing website, the vague and unclear data protection notice, and the illegal transfer of data to the US. Complaint filed with EDPS (EN) COVID testing website forwarded data to third parties. The European Parliament (EP) is offering COVID-19 PCR tests to all employees and members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The EP called upon the services of the provider EcoCare to set up a test center for which staff and members of the EP can register on the intranet. When accessing the website, the MEPs discovered that the website sent over 150 third-party requests, including requests to US-based companies Google and Stripe. Furthermore, not only was a Stripe cookie dropped on their browser, but t