Government Agencies Buy Bulk Personal Data from Brokers Without Warrants, Bypassing Fourth Amendment Protections
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
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