New privacy bill would end law enforcement practice of buying data from brokers

New privacy bill would end law enforcement practice of buying data from brokers

3 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/21/data-brokers-bill-wyden-paul-privacy-clearview/

A new bill known as the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act would seal up a loophole that intelligence and law enforcement agencies use to obtain troves of sensitive and identifying information that they wouldn’t otherwise have legal access to.

The new legislation, proposed by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY), would require government agencies to obtain a court order to access data from brokers. Court orders are already required when the government seeks analogous data from mobile providers and tech platforms.