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> For the sum of 35,000 NOK (3,300 EUR / 4,000 USD), we got access to location data showing where tens of thousands of Norwegians had travelled in 2019. > One
by surround 6y ago
> For the sum of 35,000 NOK (3,300 EUR / 4,000 USD), we got access to location data showing where tens of thousands of Norwegians had travelled in 2019.
> One of them was 31-year-old Karl Bjarne Bernhardsen from Stavanger. The information made it easy for us to identify him in the data that – according to the data provider – had been anonymised.
Here’s that article:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/norge/xl/avslort-av-mobilen-1.14911685 https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?tl=en&u=...
And the HN thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23136612 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23136612
- Moru 6y agoWhat causes me the most irritation (to put it mildly) is that I bought the Sygic navigator that seems to be the source of this data. And still they sell my data? Just last week they forced me to agree to some new rules to be able to use the app but I already bought it 7 years ago. I will be requesting my money back as stated by that agreement, and request a GDPR data dump for moving my data to another provider.
- Moru 6y agoLink for anyone else wanting their money back: https://www.sygic.com/company/eula-gps-navigation-google-play https://www.sygic.com/company/eula-gps-navigation-google-pla...
- krono 6y agoUnsurprisingly, they're refusing my request. So, essentially, I'm now locked into this agreement with Sygic for the duration of my "lifetime" license. This is one of those situations where I'd wish I had some "fuck you" money to throw at an expensive law firm.
- Lio 6y agoSygic don't even have a Privacy Policy link on their homepage, you have to dig for it a buried legal documents page. Your privacy is not something they care about except as something to sell to others.