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finnmyrstad

@finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social

Digital Policy Director, Norwegian Consumer Council. EU co-chair of the digital committee of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD).

Research, Policy & Advocacy:
Privacy, infosec, #darkpatterns aka manipulative design, net neutrality, competition and more.

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💥 Just in! The dating app Grindr has been convicted in the Oslo District Court and must pay €5.65 million as a result of a Norwegian Consumer Council complaint from 2020.

⚖ The collection, sharing and use of personal data for commercial purposes is out of control – and is finally being cracked down on. We are satisfied that the court clearly affirms that Grindr’s sharing of sensitive information with third parties is illegal.

https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/the-district-courts-judgment-in-the-grindr-case/

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💥 We (Forbrukerrådet/Norwegian Consumer Council ) filed on Thursday a legal complaint against Meta for their plan to take their user’s data to train their AI to Datatilsynet (The Norwegian Data Protection Authority), together with @noybeu, who also sent complaints to DPAs in ten other European countries. :europe:

Read our release here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/legal-complaint-against-metas-use-of-personal-content-for-ai-training/

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🤩Love when people get praise they deserve. @pluralistic praise his work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fighting data brokers, forcing transparency in the finance sector and much more.

💪Already at the FTC he was having impact using the levers available to make change. Always a friend of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), where I have have overseen the digital work in my role as EU co-chair.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/10/getting-things-done/

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