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Boosted by pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow"):
wchr ("Wolfie Christl") wrote:
After an on-site audit, the Berlin GDPR regulator found that Berlin-based location data broker Adsquare has been processing personal data unlawfully at scale, as disclosed in its annual report and confirmed to netzpolitik org. The regulator is currently assessing a possible fine.
I first came across Adsquare in 2018 and consider it a major node in EU/US data brokerage, with links to shady actors who sold advertising data to military contractors.
https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/jahresbericht-2024#%5FidTextAnchor062
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/nach-unserer-berichterstattung-datenschutzbehoerde-findet-verstoesse-bei-berliner-werbefirma/
