consilium.europa.eu

The Council of the EU — 62 requests, 1 domain. Absolutely all resources served from consilium.europa.eu. Zero external dependencies. The one observation: Cloudflare as the WAF.

Request timeline

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All resources — HTML, CSS, JS, images — are loaded exclusively from [www.consilium.europa.eu](https://www.consilium.europa.eu).

Context

The Council of the European Union is the EU’s legislative body representing the governments of the 27 member states. Jointly with the European Parliament, it adopts EU legislation, including GDPR. Governed by Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. HAR: 62 requests, 1 domain.

One domain — the absolute minimum

62 requests, all to www.consilium.europa.eu. Unlike most institutions in this series — not even webtools.europa.eu is used. Not a single external request, not a single Set-Cookie response. Complete self-sufficiency.

Cloudflare — an American WAF

The header server: cloudflare indicates the Council of the EU uses Cloudflare as its CDN and WAF. This is the only point where infrastructure extends beyond europa.eu — though the HAR requests only go to consilium.europa.eu, network traffic passes through Cloudflare’s servers (USA). The ECB, in an analogous role, uses Myracloud (Germany). For the body that adopted GDPR, this is an architectural choice worth noting.

It was the Council of the EU, jointly with the European Parliament, that adopted Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in April 2016. The public website of the body that adopted GDPR: one domain, zero trackers, zero cookies.

Conclusion

62 requests, 1 domain. The absolute minimum among all institutions in the series. Cloudflare as the WAF is the only external dependency at the network level, invisible in the HAR. Otherwise — a benchmark result.

Evidence

How to verify: download the file and compute its checksum — sha256sum file.har (Linux, macOS) or certutil -hashfile file.har SHA256 (Windows); it must match the one shown. The conclusions apply to the scope of this measurement — see the limitations of the method.

Original (audit)

HAR file: eu/consilium-europa-eu-2026-05-13.har

SHA-256: 1b5538284c851e4bc3e77f4231b6b539ebb58ea4342306eeb3c7173a70eb5915

HAR files are stored on EU infrastructure (Proton Drive). SHA-256 is published for integrity verification.

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Step 1. Data access request (GDPR Art. 15)

Send this letter directly to the company first — before contacting the regulator it has the right to respond (GDPR Art. 12(3) — 30 days).

Тема: Запрос доступа к персональным данным (ст. 15 GDPR) — consilium.europa.eu

Кому: [укажите адрес компании — DPO / поддержка / юридический отдел]
От: [Ваше имя], [контактный email]

Прошу предоставить доступ к моим персональным данным, обрабатываемым в связи с использованием сайта consilium.europa.eu.

1. Категории данных и цели обработки (ст. 15(1)(a)-(c))
Прошу предоставить информацию по всем категориям, целям и получателям обработки моих данных на этом сайте — независимо от того, выявлены ли на сегодняшний день какие-либо несоответствия.

2. Получатели, сроки хранения и передача за пределы ЕЭЗ (ст. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
Прошу также указать полный список третьих лиц-получателей, применимые сроки хранения по каждой категории и правовые основания передачи данных за пределы ЕЭЗ, если таковая происходит. Полный технический разбор с доказательствами (сохранённый сетевой журнал, контрольная сумма SHA-256) опубликован по адресу: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/eu-consilium-europa-eu/

3. Автоматизированная обработка и профилирование (ст. 15(1)(h))
Прошу сообщить, применяется ли в отношении меня автоматизированное принятие решений или профилирование, и если да — раскрыть логику такой обработки.

С уважением,

[Ваше имя]
[контактный email]
[Страна]


[Дата]

Subject: Data access request (GDPR Art. 15) — consilium.europa.eu

To: [insert the company's address — DPO / support / legal department]
From: [Your name], [contact email]

I request access to my personal data processed in connection with the website consilium.europa.eu.

1. Categories of data and purposes of processing (Art. 15(1)(a)-(c))
I request information on all categories, purposes, and recipients of my data processed on this site — regardless of whether any non-compliance has been identified to date.

2. Recipients, retention periods, and transfers outside the EEA (Art. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
I also request the full list of third-party recipients, the applicable retention period for each category, and the legal basis for any transfer of data outside the EEA. The full technical audit with evidence (saved network log, SHA-256 checksum) is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/eu-consilium-europa-eu/

3. Automated processing and profiling (Art. 15(1)(h))
Please state whether I am subject to automated decision-making or profiling, and if so, disclose the logic involved.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[contact email]
[Country]

[Date]