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There is a massive and systematic data breach at the heart of the behavioral advertising industry. This needs to change.

I together with @jimkillock @mikarv worked with @RaviNa1k to file regulatory complaints today under the #GDPR against adtech.

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Here are some highlights from our filing with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner
(PDF at brave.com/DPC-Complaint-…)
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I have requested that Europe’s Competition Commissioner @vestager examine the online “behavioural” advertising market to prevent anticompetitive practices that disadvantage publishers, restrict innovation, and limit consumer choice.
brave.com/european-commi… #antitrust
Bloomberg's @Aoifewhite101 has the story here bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Here are some of the questions we ask the @EU_Competition to consider. Do online platforms leverage dominant positions in one line of business by cross-using user data accumulated in that line of business to dominate other lines of business too, rather than compete on the merits?
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Today @Brave wrote to @IAB @IABTechLab to provide feedback on the OpenRTB 3.0 #adtech spec. It appears to severely infringe Article 5 of the #GDPR 1/ brave.com/iab-rtb-proble…
Our letter contains a summary of the various personal data that are broadcast in the OpenRTB system. Note that these data are very likely to include “special categories” of personal data, since they show what the person is watching and reading, can include brokers’ segment IDs 2/
Unless OpenRTB 3.0 is very radically altered, so that no personal data are contained in the bid request, it appears that it will severely infringe Article 5 of the #GDPR, and all that flows from Article 5’s principles. 3/
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Facebook is confronting EU users a new “terms of service” dialogue that denies access until a user opt-ins to tracking for ad targeting, and various other data processing purposes...
These Terms refer to the “data policy” that says “we use the information we have about you – including information about your interests, actions and connections – to select and personalise ads, offers and other sponsored content that we show you.”
The data policy also says “We use the information [including] the websites you visit and ads you see … to help advertisers and other partners measure the effectiveness and distribution of their ads and services, and…” See facebook.com/about/privacy/…
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I am seeing a lot of either/or and flat out misinformation about two proposals to address climate change: Carbon Fee and Dividend and a Green New Deal. Here's a thread with my thoughts.
First, let me make it clear that I support both. I started the Citizens Climate Lobby chapter in my city, which is still going strong though I have moved on to chairing the Sierra Club's Ready for 100 campaign in my city.
I also went to Washington, DC, on December 9-10 to get arrested in front of Steny Hoyer's office and spent six hours handcuffed at a police warehouse to support a Green New Deal.
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1/3 Was trying to remember when the ES&S hack was - when @VotingVillageDC reminded me last night. It was Aug 2017 - In the massive 1.8 mill #voter ES&S #data breach part of the download was...encrypted versions of passwords for ES&S employee accounts. usatoday.com/story/tech/201…
2/3 @UpGuard is the company who found the breach. “The worse-case scenario is that they could be completely infiltrated right now,” said Upguard's director of strategy Jon Hendren.
3/3 ES&S is the largest provider of voting equipment in the country. Let me just repeat that for emphasis. “The worse-case scenario is that they could be completely infiltrated right now.” And hackers could have had a full year to do what they need to do. apnews.com/f6876669cb6b4e…
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-co signed
Focus people...
Here’s what’s at stake

<full disclosure I’m still in island mode>

We have a mobbed up criminal in the White House who’s stocked the DC swamp with the biggest sharks.
Exhibit A - Trump Foundation = NY AG Complaint
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Exhibit B - February 2018 Indictment
Concord Catering who then demanded 75 years worth of our IC’s sources and methods.
Russia interfered and the Trump Campaign willingly accepted their interference
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#Köthen: Der Verstorbene hat einen Schlag ins Gesicht (an der Lippe feststellbar) bekommen, ging danach zu Boden und verstarb an einem #Herzinfarkt. Rechtsmedizin hat keinen Hinweis auf Tritte, sonstige Schläge, Messerstiche.

PK zur Tathergang auf @ntvde jetzt.
Im Netz verbreitete Audio-Datei mit angeblichem "Totschlagen" von der Zeugin selbst gegenüber Polizei weitgehend relativiert.

Nicht, dass das für die Hetzer, Neonazis oder #AfD eine Rolle spielen würde.

#Köthen
Schwere Herzkrankheit des Verstorbenen seit Geburt, mehrere Herzoperationen danach, versagensbereites Herz durch das es jederzeit zu einem Herzinfarkt kommen konnte.

Ob jemand strafrechtlich verantwortlich ist für den Herzinfarkt, ist im Ermittlungsverfahren.

#Köthen #PK
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UCC had opportunity to comment on the #Data.Protection & Privacy Bill. The enactment of this law is long overdue. A comprehensive law on the collection & processing personal information gives effect to the right to Privacy envisaged under Article 27(2) of the Constitution
UCC welcome the protections offered by the Bill in terms of export of data, breach notification requirements, data subjects access rights, automated decision making, compensation and the right to be forgotten and provision for financial and penal sanctions for breach of the law.
Distinction between Data collectors & data controllers.
The Bill should however clarify & distinguish Data Collectors, from Data Processors & Data Controllers. Clause 2 is inconsistent with international good practice which provides for two broad categories of Data Controllers
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The EC website publishes a list of registered voters and their personal details including gender and voter ID, both of which are considered sensitive personal information. How do we balance: Personal #privacy and Public accountability bit.ly/2ALpQTY @alokpi @pandayjyoti
The ambiguity extends to other public databases such as land records, list of MGNREGA beneficiaries, First Information Reports, and court records, which are currently not in conformance with the draft #privacy bill by Justice Srikrishna Committee
Political data analyst @ShivamShankarS on how electoral roll can be used for micro targeting: “From the electoral roll, demographic #data of the constituencies can be deduced and used for targeted campaigns in elections via social media.”
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