Twitter ‘fesses up to more adtech leaks

Twitter has disclosed more bugs related to how it uses personal data for ad targeting that means it may have shared users data with advertising partners even when a user had expressly told it not to. Back in May the social network disclosed a bug that in certain conditions resulted in an account’s …
Twitter has disclosed more bugs related to how it uses personal data for ad targeting that means it may have shared users data with advertising partners even when a user had expressly told it not to. Back in May the social network disclosed a bug that in certain conditions resulted in an account’s …

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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  2. "It’s a year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force and leaky adtech is now facing privacy complaints in four more European Union markets". (May 20, 2019)
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  5. "The lead data regulator for much of big tech in Europe is moving inexorably towards issuing its first major cross-border GDPR decision saying today its submitted a draft decision related to Twitters business to its fellow EU watchdogs for review". (May 22, 2020)
  6. "More details are emerging about the scale and scope of disgraced data company Cambridge Analyticas activities in elections around the world via a cache of internal documents thats being released by former employee and self-styled whistleblower, Brittany Kaiser". (January 6, 2020)
  7. "A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad-targeting industry profiles internet users intimate characteristics without their knowledge or consent has been published today by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), piling more pressure on the countrys data watchdog to take". (September 21, 2020)
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