Twitter under investigation for allegedly refusing to reveal how it tracks you

guest · Oct 12, 2018

Twitter Under Formal Investigation for How It Tracks Users in the GDPR Era
October 12, 2018
https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-under-investigation-for-not-revealing-how-it-tracks-users/

The social network is under examination by the Data Protection Commission in Ireland, where the company has its European headquarters, Fortune reported Friday.

The case is significant because it's the first time since the introduction of GDPR that a regulator has decided to investigate Twitter. Facebook and Google are already the subjects of multiple investigations in Europe.

When you post a link to Twitter, the social network uses its own tool to shorten the link to keep track of popular articles or identify malware. But what -- if any -- other data does it collect on users when they click? Veale wants to know but said that Twitter has refused to tell him.

The Irish regulator sent Veale a letter Thursday, confirming that it's looking into his complaint [...]
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