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Surveillance on UK council websites - A study of private companies’ data collection on council websites across the United Kingdom

Posted by minimaltyp0s
Tags: privacy, google, tracking, profiling, united kingdom, websites, data protection, data, data collection, government.local, author.johnny ryan, short read
https://brave.com/ukcouncilsreport/

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Title
Brave uncovers widespread surveillance of UK citizens by private companies embedded on UK council websites
Authors
Johnny Ryan
Published
Feb 4 2020
Word count
330 words

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  1. minimaltyp0s
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    This makes for some pretty grim reading. At best this is incompetence, but most likely it's deliberate - I'm sure in part a response to council cuts from central government. The type of profiling...

    This makes for some pretty grim reading.

    At best this is incompetence, but most likely it's deliberate - I'm sure in part a response to council cuts from central government.

    The type of profiling possible from this type of data is chilling.

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