Data Brokers are Preparing to Challenge Privacy Legislation

Congress has been attempting to crack down on data brokers, and they are fighting back. In late March, the House voted unanimously to ban the sale of Americans’ data to foreign rivals. And a data-collecting provision is included in the bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the contentious act that authorises the National Security Agency, which is set to expire later this month.

Negotiations over FISA’s reauthorization became so heated that House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled the bill from consideration in February. The most contentious issue was an amendment proposed by Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) that would bar data brokers from selling customer data to law enforcement and require a warrant to access Americans’ information, according to Politico’s Influence newsletter in February.

National security hawks in Congress and local law enforcement groups joined forces to oppose the amendment, with the National Sheriffs’ Association alleging in a letter to Congress that it would “kneecap law enforcement”.

“On House amendments, the Sheriffs of this great country don’t usually k

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