CDT Joins Letter and Calls on Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee to Close the Data Broker Loophole
The Center for Democracy and Technology has joined a coalition letter urging the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees to close what advocates call the data broker loophole, a gap in law that allows brokers to sell personal data without the restrictions that apply to other surveillance methods.
Why this matters: Right now, anyone with money can buy detailed personal information about you from data brokers, and the government can do the same, bypassing warrant requirements that would otherwise apply. That is the loophole. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies can legally sidestep the Fourth Amendment just by purchasing data instead of demanding it. Closing this gap would not stop all data collection. But it would make the government play by the same rules as everyone else.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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