I suspect many people, including me, aren’t as clued up on how their personal data is used as they should be.
The idea that everyone should know what data is held about them and have a say in how it will be used is a very liberal one.
In fact, it was a liberal government in Estonia which brought in liberal information laws which ensure citizens have the right to see who has accessed the information about them that government holds.
Today is the third birthday of GDPR, which was supposed to give us all a much better say on how data about us is used.
But the Open Rights Group has teamed up with others across Europe to highlight the continuing problem with online advertising systems violating our privacy rights.
They explain what is going on in a video which suggests that our data is being shared with all sorts of third parties without our knowledge or consent.
They want the EU Parliament to pass the ePrivacy Regulations which would limit this.
I think it’s a really important issue to highlight. I’m still heartbroken that we don’t have MEPs in there fighting for change on these sorts of issues at EU level.