A US #adtech enterprise tried to sell private location data to a media in Germany – an investigation revealed:
The location data comes from mobile phone apps that pass on GPS data for advertising purposes. Location data usually comes from popular apps such as weather, navigation or dating apps.
According to our findings, this is a global problem. On the data marketplace, we found offers with location data from all continents, including #EU countries. They are advertised by numerous brokers. #privacy #cyber #security
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/data-broker-files-how-data-brokers-sell-our-location-data-and-jeopardise-national-security/