# noyb and ZDF Magazin Royale are looking for "Target Leaks" data donors!

- Type: News
- Source: noyb - European Center for Digital Rights
- Date: 2021-12-10
- Original: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-and-zdf-magazin-royale-are-looking-target-leaks-data-donors
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/53296
- Topics: Political Opinions, Marketing, Special Categories of Data, Types of Special Categories of Personal Data, Article 9 Special Categories Processing Conditions

## Summary

ZDF Magazin Royale and noyb.eu ask for your data donation for democracy! Max Schrems in an interview in ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE Link to the data donation page: targetleaks.noyb.eu Donate your Data! Max Schrems from noyb.eu was a guest of Jan Böhmermann and ZDF Magazin Royale with the goal of finding as many of 4,000 users as possible, who had installed the "Who Targets Me" browser extension during the 2021 federal election in Germany. ZDF Magazin Royale's research shows how political "micro targeting

## Full text

ZDF Magazin Royale and noyb.eu ask for your data donation for democracy! Max Schrems in an interview in ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE Link to the data donation page: targetleaks.noyb.eu Donate your Data! Max Schrems from noyb.eu was a guest of Jan Böhmermann and ZDF Magazin Royale with the goal of finding as many of 4,000 users as possible, who had installed the "Who Targets Me" browser extension during the 2021 federal election in Germany. ZDF Magazin Royale's research shows how political "micro targeting" is harmful to democracy - and additionally violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). noyb.eu is therefore looking for affected parties to have these issues legally clarified. The goal is to enforce the prohibition of microtargeting based on political opinions, which are particularly protected under Article 9 GDPR, to make future elections in Europe more democratic and fair. Why should users donate their data? For a legal clarification, we need the "perfect case" that can be prove

## Cited law provisions (1)

### GDPR — gdpr-art-9-en

Processing of special categories of personal data

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