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Insufficient legal basis for intelligence services’ purchase of personal data from commercial advertising databases
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Netzpolitik, Tagesschau, BR
December 19, 2025
Following the publication of a highly relevant and timely assessment by the Parliamentary research service of the German Bundestag on the legal basis for intelligence services’ purchase of personal data from commercial advertising databases, Dr. Thorsten Wetzling commented on its relevance for the pending intelligence reform in Germany in news articles published by Bayerischer Rundfunk, Tagesschau.de, and Netzpolitik.org.
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Dr. Thorsten Wetzling
Lead Digital Rights, Surveillance and Democracy