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iOS uses tracking codes without the users' consent
Third-party providers can track users across different iPhone apps using unique IDs without their consent. noyd has filed two complaints against Apple.
The Austrian NGO noyb ("none of your business") has filed a complaint against Apple for accusations of illegal data collection in Germany and Spain. According to the initiative around data protection activist Max Schrems, the Group uses an identification system comparable to cookies without obtaining the necessary consent from users:inside.
The complaint concerns the so-called Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) - a unique ID that Apple generates for each iPhone. Third parties can use this ID to track end users through various apps, for example to track purchasing behavior.
The installation or reading of tracking codes should only be possible with the consent of the users, but most of them are unaware of IDFA. The fact that, strictly speaking, these are not cookies is no argument for noyb lawyer Stefano Rossetti: "This very simple rule applies regardless of the tracking technology used. While Apple even plans to block cookies in their browser, they themselves place similar codes in their cell phones without any user consent. This is a clear violation of EU data protection laws".
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https://netzpolitik.org/2020/ios-nutzt-tracking-codes-ohne-einwilligung-der-nutzerinnen/
👀 👉🏼 COMPLAINT (PDF)
https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2020-11/IDFA_Germany_DEF_Redacted.pdf
#ios #tracking #ngo #noyb #IDFA #thinkabout
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Third-party providers can track users across different iPhone apps using unique IDs without their consent. noyd has filed two complaints against Apple.
The Austrian NGO noyb ("none of your business") has filed a complaint against Apple for accusations of illegal data collection in Germany and Spain. According to the initiative around data protection activist Max Schrems, the Group uses an identification system comparable to cookies without obtaining the necessary consent from users:inside.
The complaint concerns the so-called Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) - a unique ID that Apple generates for each iPhone. Third parties can use this ID to track end users through various apps, for example to track purchasing behavior.
The installation or reading of tracking codes should only be possible with the consent of the users, but most of them are unaware of IDFA. The fact that, strictly speaking, these are not cookies is no argument for noyb lawyer Stefano Rossetti: "This very simple rule applies regardless of the tracking technology used. While Apple even plans to block cookies in their browser, they themselves place similar codes in their cell phones without any user consent. This is a clear violation of EU data protection laws".
👀 👉🏼 Translated with DeepL
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/ios-nutzt-tracking-codes-ohne-einwilligung-der-nutzerinnen/
👀 👉🏼 COMPLAINT (PDF)
https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2020-11/IDFA_Germany_DEF_Redacted.pdf
#ios #tracking #ngo #noyb #IDFA #thinkabout
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📡@NoGoolag
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Beschwerde gegen Apple: iOS nutzt Tracking-Codes ohne Einwilligung der Nutzer:innen
Drittanbieter können Nutzer:innen durch eindeutige IDs über verschiedene iPhone-Apps hinweg tracken, ohne dass diese dem jemals zugestimmt haben. noyb hat deshalb gegen Apple zwei Beschwerden eingelegt.
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🇵🇸 Weaponized Aid: Wall Street, Zionists, and Ex-CIA Operatives Take Over Gaza Relief | Mintpress
With over half a million people in #Gaza on the brink of #starvation and #aid groups warning of an “imminent #famine,” Israel has agreed to allow a token number of relief trucks into the #besieged enclave. But what’s entering #Gaza now isn’t humanitarian aid, it’s a Trojan horse.
A new, #US-backed private aid scheme staffed by former #CIA operatives, ex-Marines, and #mercenaries tied to Israeli intelligence and Wall Street elites has been deployed in Gaza under the guise of relief.
The project is led by a shady #NGO registered in #Switzerland just months ago, and human rights groups are calling it what it is: a hostile corporate takeover of the aid sector, designed to militarize relief, displace civilians, and profit from Gaza’s agony.
20/05/2025
Via @MintPress
#Palestine #Genocide #Zionist
With over half a million people in #Gaza on the brink of #starvation and #aid groups warning of an “imminent #famine,” Israel has agreed to allow a token number of relief trucks into the #besieged enclave. But what’s entering #Gaza now isn’t humanitarian aid, it’s a Trojan horse.
A new, #US-backed private aid scheme staffed by former #CIA operatives, ex-Marines, and #mercenaries tied to Israeli intelligence and Wall Street elites has been deployed in Gaza under the guise of relief.
The project is led by a shady #NGO registered in #Switzerland just months ago, and human rights groups are calling it what it is: a hostile corporate takeover of the aid sector, designed to militarize relief, displace civilians, and profit from Gaza’s agony.
20/05/2025
Via @MintPress
#Palestine #Genocide #Zionist