Tamoco sale of Norwegians' location data enables citizen, military tracking
NUK location data broker Tamoco sold large volumes of personally identifiable data, sparking controversy about the intrusiveness of its practices. N orwegian broadcaster NRK bought 460 million rows of raw location data for 140,000 mobile devices for GBP 3,000, enabling the broadcaster to identify individuals and even track military personnel. Norwegian data protection authority Datatilsynet subsequently condemned the sale of Norwegi ans' location data, and alerted other EU data protection authorities, including the UK Information Commissioner's Office ('ICO'), which subsequently announced its own investigation into Tamoco. Tamoco says on on its website that it is a data privacy-aware geospatial company that accurately understands device location with unprecedented accuracy . The controversy raised questions about the effectiveness of these privacy measures. System 🤖 Tamoco 🔗 Operator: Tamoco Developer: Tamoco Country: Norway, UK Sector: Technology Purpose: Assess & enhance location data Technology: Location tracking Issue: Privacy/surveillance; Transparency Timeline ⏰ October 2021. The UK Information C ommissioner's Office reprimanded Tamoco for 'failing to provide sufficient privacy information to UK citizens'. Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️ https://www.datatilsynet.no/aktuelt/aktuelle-nyheter-2020/datatilsynet-ser-narmere-pa-lokasjonssporing/ https://www.datatilsynet.no/aktuelt/aktuelle-nyheter-2020/datatilsynene-i-norge-og-storbritannia-samarbeider-om-sporingssak/ Investigations, assessments, audits 👁️ https://www.nrk.no/norge/xl/avslort-av-mobilen-1.14911685 https://www.nrk.no/norge/datatilsynet-opnar-gransking-etter-nrk-avsloring-1.15011535 https://www.nrk.no/norge/mobilsporing_-britisk-dataselger-varsler-intern-gransking-etter-nrk-avsloring-1.15031158
- Date it happened
- 2020-05-01
- Organisation involved
- Tamoco
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