Wyden-Backed Bill Would Make It Illegal For Government To Obtain Location Data Without A Warrant

Wyden-Backed Bill Would Make It Illegal For Government To Obtain Location Data Without A Warrant

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210421/07344046649/wyden-backed-bill-would-make-it-illegal-government-to-obtain-location-data-without-warrant.shtml

We've covered for a while how consumer location data is consistently abused by telecom providers, app makers, stalkers, debt collectors, people pretending to be law enforcement, and pretty much any idiot with a nickel and a dream.

Of course that also extends to government agencies like the IRS, CBP, and ICE, which have increasingly been buying access to your daily location habits so they can skirt around pesky warrants. The government still needs a warrant if it targets individuals, but nothing stops the government from hoovering up vast swaths of movement data en masse. Until now.