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Re:What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code? by radicalbyte on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:01AM (#27592535)
Usage is explicitly limited by the EU law:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...

Article 10

Protection of personal data

1. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall apply to the processing of personal data carried out when implementing this Regulation.

2. For the purpose of this Regulation, the personal data contained in the certificates issued pursuant to this Regulation shall be processed only for the purpose of accessing and verifying the information included in the certificate in order to facilitate the exercise of the right of free movement within the Union during the COVID-19 pandemic. After the end of period of the application of this Regulation, no further processing shall occur.

3. The personal data included in the certificates referred to in Article 3(1) shall be processed by the competent authorities of the Member State of destination or transit, or by the cross-border passenger transport services operators required by national law to implement certain public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, only to verify and confirm the holder’s vaccination, test result or recovery. To that end, the personal data shall be limited to what is strictly necessary. The personal data accessed pursuant to this paragraph shall not be retained.

Re:What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code? by y04nn on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:10PM (#27595052)
Thanks, it makes the limits of the processing much clearer and should stop some start-up to develop a custom QR code scanner/app that would generate some customers analytics.
Re:What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code? by dolmen on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:25AM (#27628994)
Especially as technical details are widely available. https://sanipasse.fr/french-health-pass
Re:What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code? by radicalbyte on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:26AM (#27604294)
Oh they're trying - I'm pretty well known person in the community, and the amount of "start-ups" and seedy "one man CEO" types there is.. overwhelming.