New investigation: how City of Łódź websites leak data to Google & Meta before you click “accept”.

Sterile browser scans show adtech tracking and misconfigured Consent Mode on dozens of municipal domains, with full technical evidence and logs available for public verification.

🔗 https://dowody.dadalo.pl/en/lodz-rodo-2025/

#GDPR #RODO #Privacy #AdTech #ConsentMode #Lodz #Poland #DigitalRights #OSINT #signalDadalo

28 of 39 evaluable municipal domains tracked users without consent

Technically documented personal data protection violations on 28 out of 39 evaluable domains associated with the City of Łódź ecosystem. Tracking systems activated immediately upon page load before any user consent transmitting data to third parties.

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All evidence is published in an open “Evidence Repository” run by independent media signal ≋ dadalo:
packet captures, HAR files, cookie dumps, Tag Manager configs, mindmaps and relationship tables – everything needed for journalists, lawyers and activists to independently verify what is happening on public infrastructure.

🔗 https://dowody.dadalo.pl/en/

#Evidence #Transparency #Accountability #Fediverse #InvestigativeJournalism #GDPR #RODO

Evidence Repository — signal ≋ dadalo

Technical evidence gathered during investigative journalism. Analysis of GDPR violations, tracking, and digital manipulation.

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One section maps the municipal “holding”: city‑owned companies, boards and supervisory councils, and their links into the local advertising and tracking ecosystem – who controls which domains, and who benefits from data flows and monetisation of residents’ traffic.

https://dowody.dadalo.pl/en/holding-powiazania/

Complaints and proceedings are now pending before the Polish Data Protection Authority (UODO), the telecom regulator (UKE) and the public prosecutor’s office.

#Lodz #Surveillance #AdTech #GDPR #RODO #OSINT

Holding Łódź: Who Really Controls the City's Companies

Interactive map of personal and institutional connections within the Holding Łódź group. Management boards, supervisory boards, political affiliations — documented on the basis of public sources.

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