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⛔ Just out: The Oslo District Court has sided with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, upholding the daily fines against Meta for its use of surveillance-based advertising. This is an important victory for consumer privacy. ⚖ Although Meta is likely to appeal the decision, this sends a strong signal that it is not acceptable to subject consumers to commercial surveillance in order to target ads. 3 comments
 @Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad This is great news! I wish they'd come a decade earlier, but it's still good to see some movement in this area.
Now, if we just could get a similar decision regarding all the Norwegian sites embedding spyware from Google, Meta and the other surveillance capitalists in their sites, it could actually amount to something.  @finnmyrstad Finally, somebody is doing something. All of the big tech companies, especially Google, deserve the same, everywhere. |
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📢 Big shout out to the brave Datatilsynet & and its extremely competent and hardworking staff, such as director Line Coll, its legal chief Jørgen Skorstad and its international head Tobias Judin.
👏 They are punching above their weight and other enforcement agencies around the world should take note, while companies using commercial surveillance to show ads should seriously reconsider.