Data watchdog raps EU asylum body for snooping
The European Asylum Support Office combed through social media to monitor refugee routes to Europe for three years. The agency sent weekly reports on its findings to member states, the EU Commission and institutions such as UNHCR and Interpol.
EASO lacks a legal basis for collecting personal data on social media, the EU’s data protection supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski said in a recent letter. He imposed a temporary ban on the project.
