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The Berlin data protection authority has found that political microtargeting by CDU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and DIE LINKE was unlawful. According to noyb, the authority reprimanded the parties for using sensitive political interests to target internet users with personalised political advertising, and found there was no legal basis such as consent. The complaint against the AfD is still pending; noyb says the party tried to fight the DPA’s investigative powers in court, and the Berlin administrative court concluded the AfD is obliged to provide the requested information. noyb lawyer Felix Mikolasch welcomed the decisions but noted it took the authority more than three years, with another federal election in the meantime. Max Schrems said the cases may be more about future compliance than fines, and noyb hopes the authority will take swift enforcement action if parties continue. The source does not state a direct ban on microtargeting. Link:
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-german-dpa-finds-microtargeting-major-political-parties-illegal #GDPR #privacy #microtargeting
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2026-10-21 10:15:04 UTCEvent JSON
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