This document discusses open data policies and data protection regarding the transformation of personal telecommunication data into a personalized tracking map visualization. It describes a case where a German politician requested his mobile phone metadata from 6 months from Deutsche Telekom. Journalists then combined this location data with other online information to create an interactive map showing his movements and inferring information about his daily life and activities. The document raises questions about proportionality, transparency, and individual rights related to large-scale collection and analysis of personal communication metadata.
Related topics: