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Content type: Long Read
… in ways that are likely to be a violation of people's privacy expectations. This often happens without sufficient … the front of your mind and increasing your worry about the state of your health. The sharing of your data may also … the data collected: only data that is necessary for the stated purpose of the website or app should be collected. …
Content type: Advocacy
… understanding after long campaigns by organisations like Privacy International. We are concerned about the lack of … and impact on the advertising ecosystem cannot be overstated - the vast majority of the harms caused by online … feel[ing] they are being “stalked” around the internet” as stated in the introduction of this proposal. What is to be …
Content type: Case Study
… these services might collect. For example, in its privacy notice , ShareThis details the other data it might … data, or searches from a referring page: AddThis Privacy Notice on 4 December 2020 What this results in is … users will indeed have accepted AddThis or ShareThis privacy policy without noticing when dismissing cookie …
Content type: Long Read
… for example websites about mental health , revealing your state of mind or your diagnosed illness. To make things more … what I found It’s 15:10 pm on April 18, 2018. I’m in the Privacy International office, reading a news story on the … Hidden Data Ecosystem Learn more Micro-targeting Profiling Privacy AdTech Competition and Data Our fight Challenging …
Content type: Examples
… omission. Among the many issues the report raises are privacy concerns related to a campaign app developed by a … — where it writes [emphasis ours]: There have been data privacy concerns raised about another campaign tool used, … An article published by Business Insider on 7 November 2016 states: “If users download the App and agree to share their …
Content type: Examples
… largest anti-abortion campaigns are facing questions over privacy after a BuzzFeed News analysis found that personal … conservative, religious, and anti-abortion groups..." "...Privacy policies linked from the iTunes store page for both apps state that as well as sharing personal information with …
Content type: Press release
… globally, and the regulation of micro-targeting in six states. Key points We analysed the tools developed by … date 15th January 2021 Photo by Jo San Diego on Unsplash Privacy International announces the launch of two reports as …
Content type: Report
… governing micro-targeting in political campaigns in six states: Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain and the UK. It … University of Edinburgh Law School, in collaboration with Privacy International. Key findings: Defining … statutory definition of the practice in any of the six states. As a result, the legal frameworks governing …
Content type: News & Analysis
… agency. News & Analysis Post date 27th October 2020 Privacy International (PI) welcomes today's report from the … time against the hidden data ecosystem that threatens our privacy and blatantly exploits our data in contravention to … of effectiveness and accuracy. Law enforcement and other state agencies also use the data collected by such companies …
Content type: News & Analysis
… advertisers uploading users' information as requested by Privacy International Despite some recent changes, the … page. Needless to say, trawling through each company's privacy policy and finding the email addresses of their data … to any data. Facebook action ✅ "Why am I seeing this ad" states (when relevant) if the ad was targeted using a …
Content type: News & Analysis
… in contradiction with the CNIL's 2021 recommendations that states that a website should always allow the user to refuse … website replacing its problematic consent popup by a more privacy friendly one allowing visitors to opt-out of … like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive. But we didn't stop there. In February …