Another data broker is telling me that they have a „legitimate interest“ in scraping and selling my data because they need to for their business. 🙄 That is not enough.
When someone claims legitimate interest, they have to show that your rights and freedoms do not outweigh their interests. „We want to because money!“ does not quite do that!
#EU#Germany#DataProtection#DataLeaks#Privacy#DataBrokers: "The document lists more than 60 names and is publicly available on the site of a data broker. Most of those names are said to belong to German citizens. Their date of birth, passport number and expiration date is also listed. Such data is considered particularly sensitive because it can be used for identity theft. Selling and publishing it online is a disaster from a data protection perspective.
The list was uploaded to the site of a data broker in the EU, that allows others to buy or sell data. We are not naming the site here because the list is still online. The document listing more than 60 names is apparently a free sample. Interested parties can use such samples to get an impression of the data – before buying more of it. The data broker makes money from each sale: according to its own information, it keeps part of the sales price as a fee.
netzpolitik.org was able to identify several people on the list. They live in Bavaria or Lower Saxony and confirm that their data and ID numbers are genuine. Some were shocked to learn their data was public. One person tells us on the phone: „Data protection, you often hear about it. But it’s a different feeling when you see your own data openly on the Internet.“"
🕵️♂️ Data brokers are gearing up to fight privacy bills | @theverge
「 Data brokers appear to be wading into the fight, too. Relx, the United Kingdom-based parent company of data analytics firm LexisNexis, hired the lobbying firm Venable earlier this year as the amendment was being debated in the House, Politico’s Influence newsletter reported 」
"The biggest source of conflict was an amendment ... that would prohibit #databrokers from selling consumer data to #lawenforcement and would require a warrant to access Americans’ information... National #security hawks in #Congress and local law enforcement groups joined forces to kill the amendment, with the National Sheriffs’ Association claiming it would “kneecap law enforcement” in a letter to Congress..."
It‘s on! I just filed a complaint against the Austrian subsidiary of a German data broker.
My first claim is that they have violated my right to information by, well, not providing any when they began scraping and selling my personal data, thereby effectively depriving me of my other data subject rights.
My second claim is that they have also violated my right to data protection by processing my personal data unlawfully and intransparently.
— #privacy#DataProtection#GDPR#DataBrokers#BigData
A big recruiting platform just answered my demand for access to my personal data (which was presumably given to them by a data broker) by sending me a screenshot of the data broker‘s job ads with no further explanation.
Do they want me to apply?!? I don‘t think the data broker would hire me though. They already know me and I‘m quite sure they do not like me very much. 😆
— #privacy#DataProtection#GDPR#DataBrokers#BigData#EveryDayIsPrivacyDay
#Privacy#Surveillance#GeoLocation#DataBrokers#DataBrokerage#Bazze: "A San Francisco-based data broker claiming to have defense agency partnerships in the United States and United Kingdom is advertising access to “real-time” location data and a suite of other information, which Western governments can use to track foreign individuals in sensitive locations overseas. Called Bazze, the company markets a platform that can enable searches for people in embassies, consulates, and military bases, underscoring governments’ growing reliance on data brokers to access vast quantities of intelligence on global citizens from commercial sources.
Bazze is part of an often opaque data broker network that mines information from digital ad firms, cellular providers and public records databases for marketing insights and behavior trends. It claims to offer an easy way to ask targeted questions of disparate data sets that would otherwise need to be analyzed individually. In an interview with Forbes, Bazze founder Samuel Semwangu described the company as a marketplace for data. He was quick to note that it facilitates access only — not analysis. For that, “customers must use other tools and analysis they conduct on their own,” he told Forbes."
I just filed a complaint against the Austrian subsidiary of a credit rating agency for allegedly violating my GDPR-access-rights. Other than a copy of the (extensive) data they have on me, they have provided almost no additional information on its processing. This makes it virtually impossible for me to exercise my data subject rights and therefore contradicts the GDPR‘s principles. Now, the data protection authority will have a say.
— #privacy#DataProtection#GDPR#BigData#DataBrokers
A well intentioned piece of advice for all the data brokers out there: If you offer the personal data you‘ve amassed to a privacy professional, they might hit you with everything the GDPR has in store. And yes, that just happened. 🤦♂️😆
— #privacy#DataProtection#GDPR#BigData#DataBrokers
I‘m shocked by the response I got from a data broker today. And not because they didn‘t give me any information on what they are doing with my data (which they didn‘t), but because of the copy of my data, which they did give me.
The amount of data they have is - for a lack of a better description - surprising. They must have scraped every single bit of information for years and never deleted any of it. Oh, we‘re going to have fun.
— #GDPR#privacy#DataProtection#DataBrokers
Especially when you see this opt-out list where it may or may not work out (depending on company) and some companies still require you to snail mail your documents with no guarantee of acknowledgement (h/t @yaelwrites for the list): https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Me: „I request full access according to Article 15 GDPR.“
Data Broker: „We do not have any of your personal data!“
Me: „Here‘s a screenshot of my personal data on your website. Also, I‘m insisting on my access rights.“
Data Broker: „Yes, well, we can delete that if you like.“
Me: 🤦♂️