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Databroker: Belgian data marketplace publishes passport data of thousands of people
Shopping spree on the data market: Databroker was a place where you could fill your cart with, for example, passport data of people who had no idea it was happening. Databroker: Belgian data marketplace publishes passport data of thousands of people For weeks, the personal data of thousands of people was openly available on a data marketplace. It was only after we had alerted the Belgian company that they took the data offline. People from several countries were at high risk of data misuse and fraud.
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European data broker: Sensitive passport data of Germans published online
European data broker: Sensitive passport data of Germans published online A data broker is offering sensitive passport data of thousands of people for sale – and publishing some of it openly online. Our investigation leads to an airline as a possible source. Data protection authorities are alarmed.