Posts tagged "enforcement"

The Maltese police have opened a criminal investigation into adtech surveillance, and the defendant is my own health insurer

A national police force has, for the first time to my knowledge, opened a criminal investigation into the deployment of adtech surveillance to a person's device without consent. It has taken eighteen years.

I told them forced consent was unlawful. Five years later it cost Elkjop €1.8 million

Datatilsynet just fined Elkjop NOK 20 million (€1.8m) for the forced consent in its loyalty club — five years after I told their DPO it was unlawful.