🔴 The Problem: Mass Surveillance is Happening Without Our Consent
Every time you browse the internet, use an app, or play a game, companies track you, profile you, and sell your data—often without real consent. Even when you try to opt out, they use hidden loopholes to keep collecting your information.

📌 Did you know?

Websites and apps use tracking pixels, cookies, and hidden scripts to follow you—even after you leave their platform.
Even if you don’t have a Facebook or Google account, they still track you using third-party websites and apps.
Your smartphone constantly sends location data to companies—even when you turn off GPS tracking.
Your searches, purchases, messages, and even how long you pause while reading a post are recorded to profile you.
⚠️ This Is More Than Just Advertising – It’s About Control
This isn’t just about targeted ads. Big Tech companies and data brokers use your personal data to manipulate your choices, predict your behavior, and sell your most private information to unknown third parties.

✅ Altering prices – Some users see higher prices based on their income, location, or browsing history.
✅ Influencing elections – Social media algorithms decide what political content you see based on their profit motives.
✅ Predicting your mental state – Companies track your emotions and sell this data to advertisers who target vulnerable users (e.g., gambling addicts, depressed individuals, or impulsive shoppers).
✅ Selling your data to unknown third parties – These third parties may include governments, law enforcement, and even foreign intelligence agencies.

This is corporate surveillance on an unprecedented scale—and it must stop.

 
🚨 How Companies Are Violating Your Privacy Rights
1️⃣ They Use Manipulative Design ("Dark Patterns") to Trick You
Ever tried to reject cookies on a website, only to be forced through multiple confusing menus?

The “Accept All” button is big and bright, while the Reject option is small, hidden, or spread across multiple steps.
Cookie banners are designed to wear users down so they give in.
This violates GDPR, which requires that consent be freely given—yet regulators do not enforce it strictly.

2️⃣ They Force You to Choose Between Privacy or Access ("Pay or Okay")
Many websites force you to accept tracking or pay money to avoid ads.
This violates GDPR, which states that data collection must not be a requirement for service access.
Example: Meta’s “Pay €9.99 or be tracked” model—a direct attack on privacy rights.
3️⃣ They Track You Everywhere – Even When You Opt Out
Facebook, Google, and TikTok track your activity even outside their platforms.
Hidden tracking pixels are placed in emails, articles, and apps, allowing them to track what you read, where you click, and how long you spend on a page.
Google was caught tracking users in Incognito mode, violating privacy rights and misleading millions of users.
4️⃣ They Sell Your Data Without Transparency
Your personal data is often sold to advertisers, data brokers, and even governments without your knowledge.

In 2022, a data broker was caught selling real-time location data of EU citizens—allowing governments, businesses, and even criminals to track people.
The data industry is a €200 billion market, and many companies profit from exploiting your private information.
5️⃣ They Store Your Data Forever – Even When You Delete It
Many companies do not fully delete your data, even after you request account deletion.

WhatsApp was exposed for continuing to share user data with Facebook, despite promises of privacy.
Amazon Alexa stores voice recordings indefinitely, even after users try to delete them.
This is a massive violation of GDPR, which requires companies to allow full data deletion upon request.

 
🕹️ How the Gaming Industry is Exploiting Your Data
Gaming is no longer just about entertainment. Companies track and exploit players' data at unprecedented levels:

🎮 They track everything – Your in-game behavior, purchase history, playtime, and even chat interactions are recorded and analyzed.
🎮 They use AI to manipulate spending – Games use AI to predict when you are most likely to make in-game purchases and push ads at the perfect time.
🎮 They sell your gaming data – Game developers sell player data to third parties for advertising and market research.
🎮 They use always-online DRM to track you – Even single-player games now require an internet connection, allowing continuous monitoring.

🛑 Warner Bros. and the Gaming Industry’s Privacy Violations
Warner Bros. Games, like many gaming companies, collects extensive data on players and uses cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS) to analyze it.

They track how players interact with games, their spending habits, and their in-game decisions.
They sell this data to advertisers and use it to personalize in-game offers, increasing microtransaction spending.
Warner Bros. Discovery claims to prioritize privacy, but their gaming division’s practices conflict with this promise.
This is a widespread issue across the gaming industry, showing why we need strict regulations to protect players’ data.

 
⚖️ Why GDPR is Failing – And What Needs to Change
While GDPR was a step in the right direction, it is failing due to weak enforcement and loopholes.

🔴 Problems with Current GDPR Enforcement:
Fines are too low – Even billion-dollar fines are just the cost of doing business for Big Tech.
Companies delay or ignore penalties – Many simply appeal fines, delaying enforcement for years.
Loopholes allow continued tracking – Companies claim "legitimate interest" to justify data collection, even without consent.
Small businesses suffer more than Big Tech – Large companies exploit legal loopholes while small businesses struggle to comply.
✅ What EU Lawmakers Must Do
📌 1. BAN Default Data Collection – No company should collect personal data unless the user explicitly opts in.
📌 2. FORCE Companies to Offer a “Zero-Data” Version – Every service must provide a fully functional version without tracking.
📌 3. OUTLAW Behavioral Tracking and Profiling – No more stalking users across the web or manipulating them with psychological profiling.
📌 4. REQUIRE One-Click Opt-Out Mechanisms – No more misleading cookie banners or hidden privacy settings.
📌 5. ENFORCE Stronger Penalties for Violators – Instead of small fines, companies that violate privacy laws should be banned from operating in the EU.

 
📣 What You Can Do
🚀 SIGN THIS PETITION – Demand a Europe-wide ban on default data collection!

📌 Share this petition using #StopDataCollectionEU #PrivacyForAll
📌 Email your MEP (Member of European Parliament) and demand action!
📌 Support organizations fighting for digital privacy (like EDRi, NOYB, and the EFF).

🔗 SIGN NOW & TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR DATA!

Only a small number as an example of how many companies have your data: (keep in mind this is not even a small % of the list)
Axel Springer Nutzerkennungen*
8th Wall*#
Adobe Analytics*#
advolution.control*
affilinet*
Akamai*
Analights*
AppLovin Corp.*
Aunica*
AWIN*
Axel Springer Advertising*
Axel Springer Produktmarketing*
Axel Springer Produktmarketing via Braze*#
Batch Media*
BDSK Handels GmbH & Co. KG*
Bild Personalisierung* 
Bitmovin Video- und Audioplayer Analytics*#
Booking.com*
C3 Metrics*
Cablato*
CleverPush GmbH*#
Cloudflare*
CUBED*
digidip GmbH*
DMA Institute*
Dstillery*
ebuilders*
Evidon*
Facebook Audience Network*
Facebook Content Feeds*
Facebook Conversion Tracking*
Fractional Media*
Giphy, Inc.*
Google Custom Search Widget CSE*
gskinner*
HEIM:SPIEL*
Hey_(ChatGPT)*#
hurra.com*
IBM*
idealo internet GmbH*
Ignition One*
Infectious Media*
Instagram*
intelliAd*
Kobler*
kr3m. media GmbH*#
Macromill group*
Manage.com*
Mapcreator*
Marketing Science Consulting Group, Inc.*
Media Impact Nutzerkennungen*
Media Impact Vermarktungspartner
Meta*
Mobitrans*
MSI-ACI*
Navegg*
Netflix*
netID*#
Netquest*
Permutive Technologies, Inc.*
Piano Norway (Cxense)*#
Pinterest Ads*
Pluto TV Europe GmbH*
Products Up GmbH*
Rackspace*
Reddit, Inc.*
Resonate*
SFR*
Snowplow*#
Soundcloud Limited*#
SpeedCurve Limited*#
Tradedoubler AB*
Transmatico GmbH*#
Travel Data Collective*
TruEffect*
TrustArc*
TuneIn, Inc.*#
Twitch Interactive, Inc*
Utiq SA/NV*#
Videology*
Vimeo*
Vodafone GmbH*
Waystack*
X Corp.*
xymatic GmbH*#
YouTube*
ZMS*
1plusX AG
33Across
Aarki, Inc.
Active Agent (Virtual Minds GmbH)
Ad Alliance GmbH
AdDefend GmbH
Adex (Virtual Minds GmbH)
Adform A/S
Adikteev
ADITION (Virtual Minds GmbH)
Adkernel LLC
Adloox SA
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Audience Manager, Adobe Experience Platform
AdSpirit GmbH
AdsWizz Inc.
Adtriba GmbH
advanced store GmbH
ADventori SAS
adWMG
AllMediaDesk GmbH
Amazon Ad Server
Amazon Advertising
Artefact Deutschland GmbH
Ask Locala
AudienceProject A/S
Axel Springer Teaser Ad GmbH
Azira
bam! interactive marketing GmbH
Bannerflow AB
Basis Global Technologies, Inc.
BeeswaxIO Corporation
BIDSWITCH GmbH
BidTheatre AB
BILENDI SA
Blendee srl
Blis Global Limited
Bombora Inc.
Browsi
C Wire AG
Cint AB
Clinch Labs LTD
Cloud Technologies S.A.
Comcast International France SAS/FreeWheel Media, Inc.
Commanders Act
communicationAds GmbH & Co. KG
Comscore B.V.
Connatix Native Exchange Inc.
Contact Impact GmbH/Axel Springer Teaser Ad GmbH
Crimtan Holdings Limited
Criteo SA
dataXtrade GmbH
DEFINE MEDIA GMBH
Delta Projects AB
Demandbase, Inc.
Dentsu Italia SpA
DT Exchange (Fyber Monetization Ltd.)
Dynata LLC
EASY Marketing GmbH
EASYmedia GmbH
eBay Inc
Epsilon
Equativ
Exactag GmbH
Exponential Interactive, Inc d/b/a VDX.tv
Eyeota Pte Ltd
Factor Eleven GmbH
Firstlead GmbH (ADCELL)
Flashtalking
Gemius SA
Genius Sports UK Limited
GfK GmbH
GlobalWebIndex
glomex GmbH
Goldbach Group AG
Google Advertising Products
GP One GmbH
GroupM UK Limited
GumGum, Inc.
Hearts and Science München GmbH
HyperTV Inc.
Improve Digital
Index Exchange Inc.
INFOnline GmbH#
Innovid LLC
Inskin Media LTD
IPONWEB GmbH
Jaduda GmbH
Jivox Corporation
Kameleoon SAS
LiquidM Technology GmbH
LiveRamp
Localsensor B.V.
LoopMe Limited
Lotame Solutions, Inc
MADVERTISE MEDIA
Magnite CTV, Inc.
Magnite, Inc.
mainADV Srl
Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC
Microsoft Advertising
MiQ Digital Ltd
Moloco, Inc.
Nativo, Inc.
NEORY GmbH
NEURAL.ONE
Neustar, Inc., a TransUnion company
NextRoll, Inc.
Nexxen Group LLC
Nexxen Inc.
Nielsen International SA
Nielsen Media Research Ltd.
Numberly
On Device Research Limited
OneFootball GmbH
OneTag Limited
Online Solution
OpenX
Opinary (Affinity Global GmbH)
Opt Out Advertising B.V.
Otto (GmbH & Co KG)
Outbrain UK Ltd
Permodo GmbH
Platform161 B.V.
Publicis Media GmbH
PubMatic, Inc
PulsePoint, Inc.
Quantcast
Rakuten Marketing LLC
RATEGAIN ADARA INC
Readpeak Oy
Relay42 Netherlands B.V.
Reppublika Data Analytics and Technologies GmbH
Reppublika Research & Analytics Austria GmbH
Reset Digital Europe Ltd
RevJet
Roku Advertising Services
Roq.ad GmbH
RTB House S.A.
Samba TV UK Limited
Samba TV, Inc.
Seeding Alliance GmbH
SelectMedia International LTD
Semasio GmbH
Sharethrough, Inc
Showheroes SE
Simplifi Holdings LLC
Smaato, Inc.
SMADEX, S.L.U.
smartclip Europe GmbH
Smartology Limited
SMARTSTREAM.TV GmbH
SoD ScreenOnDemand GmbH
Sovrn, Inc.
SpringServe, LLC
StackAdapt Inc.
Ströer SSP GmbH (SSP)
Sublime
TabMo SAS
TargetVideo GmbH
Teads France SAS
The Kantar Group Limited
The Reach Group GmbH
The UK Trade Desk Ltd
travel audience GmbH
Triple Lift, Inc.
TV SQUARED LIMITED d/b/a InnovidXP
TX Group AG
usemax advertisement (Emego GmbH)
Webgains GmbH
Weborama
Wizaly
Xandr, Inc.
Yahoo EMEA Limited
Yieldlab (Virtual Minds GmbH)
Yieldmo, Inc.
YouGov
Zemanta Inc.
zeotap GmbH
Zeta Global Corp.
Microsoft Chat Ads*
A Million Ads
adsquare GmbH
Apester Ltd
Bannernow, Inc.
Celtra Inc.
DoubleVerify Inc.​
IVO Media Ltd
Mobkoi Ltd
One Tech Group GmbH 
Polar Mobile Group Inc.
Rockabox Media Ltd
Sift Media, Inc
Vistar Media EMEA BV
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media-Analyse e.V. (agma)*
Einkommensrechner IW Köln*
Softgames*#
Radio Marketing Service interactive GmbH
Adelaide Metrics Inc
Adssets AB
Ensighten
Integral Ad Science (incorporating ADmantX)
Oracle Data Cloud - Moat
Papirfly AS
Protected Media LTD
Microsoft Azure*
HUMAN
Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH*
Bitmovin, Inc.*#
Braze*#
Consent Administration*#
Google reCAPTCHA*
LimeSurvey GmbH*
myPass (Axel Springer Deutschland GmbH)*
PayPal*
Sourcepoint Technologies, Inc.*#
Stripe, Inc*
Tealium Tag Manager*#
VG Wort*
WetterKontor GmbH*
Logora*#
Seenthis AB
Stream Eye OOD