New Delhi: The Data Protection Agency of the German Hamburg state has warned not to use the zoom video conference application for fear of data violations, according to the TechCrunch report.
The agency reportedly issued a public warning in a press release, by saying that because user data in zoom calls was sent to the US for processing, zoom violated EU data protection regulations (GDPR).
According to the report, the agency said that it had to issue a public warning to the Chancellor’s Senate because it did not “provide an adequate response to the worries raised before.” With “Previous”, referring to formal procedures through the trial on June 17, 2021, which no documents or arguments presented to justify compliance or response made, it is claimed.
The data protection agency then issued a formal warning based on article 58 (2) (a) of GDPR.
This confirms that, “The documents delivered by the Chancellor’s Senate on the use of zoom show that the standard [GDPR] is not obeyed.” In a statement given to the publication (translated through Google Translate), Ulrich Kün, acting Hamburg Commissioner for data protection and information freedom, said: “The public body is very bound to obey the law.
Therefore, it is more regrettable that formal steps like that must be taken .
in the [Senate Chancellery Kota FREE and Hanseatic Hamburg], all employees have access to video conferencing tools that have been tried and tested are not berprobel transmission with third countries.
As a service provider to offer Dataport also provide video conferencing system additional centers of data Own.
It’s successfully used in other areas such as Schleswig-Holstein.
Therefore it is not understandable why Senate Chancellor streams insist on additional systems and very problematic.
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Zoom violates GDPR, this German country warns not to use it
