In case you are interested to read about third-party tracking in mobile apps, and the widespread absence of consent mechanisms to obtain valid consent!

1. Together with 54 public interest groups & 20+ experts we are calling on decisionmakers on both sides of the Atlantic to consider banning surveillance-based advertising. Open letter: fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/upl… #BanSurveillanceAdvertising

Big news. Google and the entire tracking industry relies on IAB Europe’s consent system, which will now be found to be illegal. #TCF #GDPR Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈 Fundacja Panoptykon Bits of Freedom Jef Ausloos (@[email protected]) Pierre Dewitte iccl.ie/news/online-co…

A win indeed, and a milestone in the fight against online behavioural advertising. We'll now be busy analysing the 127-page-long decision. Special thanks Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈's Johnny Ryan, the main driving force behind this initiative, and to the wonderful team Timelex.

New article ➡️ We looked at sharing of GP health data in the UK, from both a legal (GDPR) and ethical (nudge ethics) perspective.

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Today we release (staggering) new data on the "RTB" online ads data breach. “Real-Time Bidding” tracks and shares what people view online and their real-world movements 178 Trillion times a year in the U.S. & Europe. iccl.ie/digital-data/i…

To the CJEU we go!

Our opinion piece with konrad kollnig is now available on Internet Policy Review. As a thought experiment, we propose a somewhat radical approach of consent to targeted advertising in mobile apps. Just to make a point, really.

Le chatbot Eliza a brisé une vie : il est temps d'agir face à l’IA manipulatrice (carte blanche) /?outputType=android - lalibre.be/debats/2023/03… Nathalie Smuha @miekedk Mark Coeckelbergh Benoit Macq Elise Degrave Laurent Hublet Nathanaël Ackerman

This week, we wrote another #OpenLetter on #AI, urging for action against the risk of manipulation. It was signed by 100 experts & can be read here: law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-scho… We hope this leads to broader public debate. It's time for AI providers to take up their responsibility.

#CPDP Friday 0845AM Music Room, Nahide Basri and I are facilitating a v interactive workshop on privacy, data protection law in surveillance–heavy occupation contexts. It's early, but the only CPDP panel we know of concerning Palestine 🇵🇸 — please get up! cpdpconferences.org/cpdp-panels/da…