The European Data Privacy Commissioner has begun an investigation into whether Twitter's URL-shortening system, t.co, secretly collects user data, which would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). University College London professor Michael Veale requested the data held by Twitter from the link-shortening service, as is his right under GDPR. After the company stated they have none of this data from t.co, Veale was not convinced and so wrote to the European regulator to request an investigation into whether Twitter has failed to report user data as required under GDPR.
The Irish Data Privacy Commissioner has begun an investigation into whether Twitter's URL-shortening system, t.co, secretly collects user data, which would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). University College London professor Michael Veale requested the data held by Twitter from the link-shortening service, as is his right under GDPR. After the company stated they have none of this data from t.co, Veale was not convinced and so wrote to the Irish regulator to request an investigation into whether Twitter has failed to report user data as required under GDPR.