Data black market: German police apparently illegally use data brokers

Locating cell phones without a judge’s reservation – advertising data makes it possible. (Symbolic image) In at least two federal states, the police have obtained data from the advertising industry, as research by netzpolitik.org and BR shows for the first time. With such data, cell phones could be located with meter precision. Experts consider this to be illegal and a data protection authority has already intervened.