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Investigations and long-form notes to understand how data collection is built into interfaces, advertising models and the choices made by major platforms.
Analytics and advertising tools: what risks for your privacy?
How the marketing companies that track you work, and what options you have to refuse being tracked
Published by Pixel de Tracking on May 10, 2020
Lydia leaks your email address
Shall I Lydia you? The payment app leaks your personal data to several third parties
Published by Pixel de Tracking on May 8, 2020
L'Équipe, first in sports and surveillance
Even if you subscribe, L'Équipe does not let you avoid the leakage of your personal data
Published by Pixel de Tracking on May 1, 2020
Subscribed to Spotify Premium, but still tracked
Paying does not stop Spotify from leaking your personal data to Google and the who's who of surveillance marketing
Published by Pixel de Tracking on April 25, 2020
Le Figaro, emblem of invasive advertising tracking on French media sites
For Le Figaro, information and advertising surveillance always go hand in hand
Published by Pixel de Tracking on April 19, 2020
Monoprix sells off your personal data
Your Monoprix shopping basket is the worst-kept secret on the web
Published by Pixel de Tracking on April 13, 2020
Showroomprive leaks your email and CRM information
Consent is a very relative concept for the private sales site
Published by Pixel de Tracking on April 12, 2020
Bolt, the ride-hailing service that leaks your name, your email, your mobile number and your geolocation
Bolt does not just multiply trackers: it leaks nominative and sensitive personal data
Published by Pixel de Tracking on April 11, 2020
La Fnac sells off your personal data
On its website or in its iPhone app, it is impossible to avoid the leakage of your personal data
Published by Pixel de Tracking on April 6, 2020
Houseparty, star of lockdown and surveillance
At the top of the download charts, a disaster for your privacy
Published by Pixel de Tracking on March 29, 2020