1. Data brokers in Europe are selling location histories of EU officials, despite strong data protection laws like GDPR.
2. A coalition of reporters obtained a dataset containing 278 million location data points from millions of phones around Belgium, including sensitive areas and top EU officials.
3. To protect privacy, Apple users can anonymize their device identifiers, while Android owners can regularly reset theirs. Previously, a data broker called Gravy Analytics suffered a breach that exposed the location data of tens of millions.
2. A coalition of reporters obtained a dataset containing 278 million location data points from millions of phones around Belgium, including sensitive areas and top EU officials.
3. To protect privacy, Apple users can anonymize their device identifiers, while Android owners can regularly reset theirs. Previously, a data broker called Gravy Analytics suffered a breach that exposed the location data of tens of millions.
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Data brokers illegally selling EU officials' location histories, despite GDPR. Reporters obtained a dataset of 278 million European phone location data points, including sensitive areas and top officials. Apple users can anonymize their device identifiers, while Android owners can reset them
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ID: 65ca7ed5-b17f-4846-ba59-fb348635f8b3
Category ID: listed_summary
Date: Nov. 5, 2025
Notes: 2025-11-05
Created: 2025/11/05 02:42
Updated: 2025/12/07 22:43
Last Read: 2025/11/05 07:57