⚠️Today we are publishing a report on how the gaming industry exploits consumers using lootboxes

20 organizations in 18 European countries are joining us and call for better regulation of video games. 🎮

forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/loo…

#lootbox #gaming #darkpatterns #deceptivedesign We have identified many problematic practices in an industry that is larger than Hollywood, and expected to grow massively in the years to come.

We need make gaming a safer & better experience for everyone.

Issues outlined below🧵
#lootboxes #lootbox #gaming

A coalition of 14 companies is supporting our call to action on surveillance advertising! With companies such as @DuckDuckGo, @Vivaldibrowser, @Fastmail and many others: See more below: vivaldi.com/blog/letter-ba… #BanSurveillanceAdvertising 🧵 2. Your browser is your is key to internet experience. It also one of your keys to your privacy. @vivaldibrowser is a leading browser in this field, and they support #BanSurveillanceAdvertising

https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/1412657165848956933

Historic!

Dating app @Grindr will be fined €10 million, 10% of global turnover for sharing personal data with commercial third parties in breach of the #GDPR, as a result of our legal complaint & report. forbrukerradet.no/news-in-englis… #privacy #adtech 2/ For context, see our work that led to this historic decision:

https://twitter.com/finnmyrstad/status/1216988370632695809

1/ [thread] Just presented with Tor E Bjørnstad, from security firm mnemonic, at Sikkerhetssymposiet today. We talked about our work on #adtech and the out of control data collection & sharing event.dnd.no/siksymp/progra… #privacy #GDPR 2/ Tried to explain how tracking happens on our phone via our apps, with unique identifiers (such as Google ID) being passed on with other personal information to a wide range of actors. Details in our report is available here: forbrukerradet.no/out-of-control/ #adtech #privacy

1. [thread] We are filing legal complaints against six companies based on our research, revealing systematic breaches to privacy, by shadowy #OutOfControl #adtech companies gathering & sharing heaps of personal data. forbrukerradet.no/out-of-control… #privacy 2. We observed how ten apps transmitted user data to at least 135 different third parties involved in advertising and/or behavioural profiling, exposing (yet again) a vast network of companies monetizing user data and using it for their own purposes.