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Can you buy your own data tosee what they have on you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Scolding7300@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I saw an article awhile ago that the police just straight up bought ad-network data about someone they were prosecuting without needing a warrant. Is there anyway to know what info ad networks have on me out there?

I know there are databrokers you can query to see what they have kn you, but those are all public records from I could find so far

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This would be really interesting if you documented your attempts.

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well right now I've given up lmao. If I ever manage to stumble on new tools/findings I'll try to update here. Someone made a good summary of the business relationships in one of the comments (the long one)

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the heads up. Interesting read. Pretty much confirms my suspicion that collecting data isn't really about you, it's just the patterns they care about.

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which also confirms my recollection of that article that talked about the police using the data to add story points for their prosecution. You just need a few data points that you're sure is true and potentially de-identify the bulk data (with some confidence, if you know the suspect's data is there).

https://www.pogo.org/analysis/police-quietly-obtain-private-location-data-with-a-checkbook-and-not-a-warrant on police not needing a warrant