U.S. Government Bypassing 4th Amendment by Buying Your Personal Information from "Data Brokers"
The US has been buying “large” amounts of commercially available data on internet users for the purposes of spying, according to a new government report. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Friday declassified(Opens in a new window) a report from January 2022 that outlines the US government’s approach to using Commercially Available Information (CAI), which can come from data brokers working in the internet ad and analytics industries. The purchased information includes details from users' smartphones and social media accounts. Although the data is usually ...
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