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Une nouvelle enquête sur les courtiers en données personnelles, menée par le quotidien belge L’Echo, la rédaction spécialisée allemande Netzpolitik.org, la radio néerlandaise BNR, la radio allemande BR et Le Monde, montre que personne n’est épargné par cette industrie hors de contrôle.
Articles disponibles sur les differents media ayant participés :
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-eu/
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There are detached houses with front gardens in an upmarket district of Brussels, and the political centre of the European Union is not far away. When they are out and about early in the morning, a top EU official only needs about 20 minutes by car to get to their workplace. They work in a unit under the authority of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Berlaymont building, the European Commission’s headquarters. Conveniently, there’s a spa and fitness centre along their way to work – they have passed by it, too.
We know this and more because we have their exact location data. The data even tells us exactly where their office is in the EU Commission building. We discovered their movement patterns, along with those of millions of other Europeans, in commercially traded data.
This data reveals where people live and work, as well as their behaviour and preferences. It can also show visits to clinics, religious buildings, party and trade union headquarters, as well as brothels and swingers‘ clubs.
The investigative team has data records from several data brokers. They are giving these away as a sample — a free preview of what is on offer with a paid subscription. For this investigation, we analysed two new datasets containing around 278 million records of mobile phone locations in Belgium.
Date de publication
2025-11-11
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