Data subjects can use their rights to stop political advertising (in theory)
31 October 2019
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Yesterday’s announcement that Twitter is suspending targeted political advertising from next month (and Facebook’s decision today not to follow suit) has received front page coverage in the media. However, no-one has mentioned the fact that the GDPR/Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018) provides each data subject with the ability to stop such advertising. This blog explains how (in theory) data subjects can stop receiving targeted political adverts (especially those that are likely to be “Brexit bus” misleading). Personal data that reveals political
