RheinMain State University of Applied Sciences is authorized to use the Cookiebot service on its website. It was decided by the Cassell Executive Court for legitimate reasons. In December 2021, the Vice-Chancellor of the Exchequer issued a temporary injunction prohibiting the University from using the service. The transfer of data to the United States is illegal. The university complained against this – successfully at first. But the controversy continues.
How it started: RheinMain University of Applied Sciences uses the cookiebot service provided by the Danish provider Cybot on its website to obtain permission to place cookies. An Internet visitor who regularly searches for university literature online complained about this and asked that the cookieboot service not be integrated into the Internet.
This service sends its IP address to a US-based cloud provider. The user considered exporting this data to the US illegal, as the US does not offer data protection comparable to EU standards.
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