Police data broker deals: Opposition demands clarification in eight federal states

Cell phone location data that is supposedly only collected for advertising purposes is likely to be a tempting offer for investigators (symbolic image). – Nebula: Vecteezy; Basket and figure: Pixabay; public domain-like; Montage: netzpolitik.orgIn Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the LKA obtained commercial cell phone location data. In several federal states, the police do not want to comment on data broker deals. According to research by netzpolitik.org and Bayerischer Rundfunk, MPs are now demanding transparency.