Our latest investigation has shaken up Brussels by revealing that commercial datasets containing 278 million locations can be used to spy on the EU and NATO. The European Commission has expressed its concern, Members of Parliament are calling for action. One thing is clear: ad tracking and data brokers threaten Europe's security.
Given that data brokers are the substrate of a vast privatized mass-surveillance network, by any reasonable metric they’re all unsanctioned out-of-control spies as it is regardless of who they then other people’s personal information sell to.