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Data purchasing as a national security and privacy risk
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Interface
July 17, 2024
As part of the publication of investigative research by netzpolitik.org and Bayrischer Rundfunk (BR), Thorsten was invited to comment on their reporting of how unconstrained data brokers can currently sell the location data of millions of people in Germany. While this is an evident national security risk, the findings from the investigative reporters also shed light on the urgency of further amendments to the German legal framework on intelligence collection. Currently, as research from interface reveals, the non-compulsive government access to data purchased from data brokers is insufficiently regulated and not subject to rigorous oversight. Comments from Thorsten have appeared on various media outlets, including a podcast.
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Author
Dr. Thorsten Wetzling
Lead Digital Rights, Surveillance and Democracy