Tracking companies collect vast amounts of data about individuals with dangerous implications, all while usually not knowing their names. We comprehensively analyzed whether tracking data linked to cookie and fingerprinting IDs constitutes personal data under the GDPR, reviewing relevant case law, legal literature, and data protection authority guidance.

Yesterday, we released the next version of our website with many improvements: A new interface for the request generator, more comprehensive request history, a fancy new homepage and a generator for complaints and admonitions.

We analyzed the new data safety section on the Google Play Store and found popular apps admitting to collecting and sharing highly sensitive data for advertising and tracking. More than one quarter of apps transmitted tracking data not declared in their data safety label.