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.
#Databroker #Settlemint #Passport
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/databroker-belgian-data-marketplace-publishes-passport-data-of-thousands-of-people/
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