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'TrackingFiles': services use of geolocation data not risk free

By Pierre Gastineau and Geoffroy Pellevoizin
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Intelligence services have been buying advertising and geolocation data for years now, despite the risks that have been identified regarding these purchases. Such risks come in addition to a lack of legal clarity about the purchase of such data.

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