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There are exemptions for academic research and journalism in the GDPR under article 85 [0]. That is why the original news article (that I wrote) clearly mentions right away that th…

I don't think that many stores track customers and that a lot of the hype from a couple of years ago never ended up in a successful commercialization of the technology. (Full discl…

More background: The fine is mainly based on the fact that Disqus forgot to enroll Norwegian IP-addresses into their GDPR «privacy mode». That meant that websites that had enabled …

There are some nuisances on jurisdiction, but if a company tracks users in Europe they may fall under the purview of European data protection authorities. There are several factors…

We part of the European Economic Area (EEA) which is quite close to being a EU member, but without voting rights. Norway voted two times on membership and the compromise was EEA.

Disqus does not track users from GDPR countries by default. My initial story in December 2019 for the Norwegian broadcaster NRK was a result of Disqus not knowing Norway had the GD…

As a journalist I can tell you that an important portion of what we report comes from sources that divulge proprietary, secret, or classified info. Journalists don’t give up their …

Writer: Samsung Galaxy S7. I guess over 70 apps in navigation, weather, games, prayer apps, or relevant due to listing location companies in privacy policy. I have not named apps /…

Turning off ad id in the OS and checking which apps have access to location would do wonders. Would also recommend checking which apps have access to the contact list.

I hacked the tweet thread together in 15 min so I think the article might be a better (although longer) read.

(Journalist behind article.) Thank you! I can say that it is not easy to use subject access requests to get information. Without the help of Michael Veale’s template and a lot of g…