ODNI Wants to Make It Easier for the Government to Buy Your Data Without Warrant
a year ago
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- The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is creating a centralized online marketplace for law enforcement and spy agencies to buy personal data from data brokers.
- This marketplace allows agencies to bypass the need for warrants, accessing data like contacts, financial information, and geolocation without justification.
- States like Montana are taking steps to close the data broker loophole, making it illegal for police to purchase such data.
- At the federal level, the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act aims to close this loophole, but it was rejected by the Senate.
- The ODNI's move is seen as an escalation of surveillance practices, undermining privacy and civil liberties.
- Advocates are calling for the ODNI to scrap the Data Consortium and for lawmakers to pass the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act.