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21 April 2016

DDPA Finds WiFi-Tracking Practice Unlawful

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On December 1, 2015, the DDPA concluded (source document in Dutch) that a company violated data protection regulations by gathering excessive WiFi-tracking location data from mobile devices of store visitors without consent.
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On December 1, 2015, the DDPA concluded (source document in Dutch) that a company violated data protection regulations by gathering excessive WiFi-tracking location data from mobile devices of store visitors without consent. Following the investigation's results, the company stated it had taken measures to mitigate the excessive data collection.

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