CBP Tapped into the Online Advertising Ecosystem to Track Peoples' Movements
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- CBP purchased data from online advertising to track people's movements via apps like games, dating services, and fitness trackers.
- DHS document reveals the surveillance potential and risks of ad data being used by government agencies.
- ICE has also bought similar tools to monitor phone movements and seeks more 'Ad Tech' data for investigations.
- 70 lawmakers urged DHS oversight to investigate ICE's location data purchases after 404 Media's report.
- Johnny Ryan of ICCL Enforce calls ad data a 'goldmine' for tracking personal movements and media consumption.