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Cops Can Buy Your Data Instead of Going to Court

New report: Government agencies don’t need to bother getting a warrant for your data if they can just buy it. | EMWNews.com

A new report offers a reminder you may resent: Government agencies don’t need to bother getting a warrant for your data if they can just buy it. Tech-policy types may not find much new in “Legal Loopholes and Data for Dollars: How Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies Are Buying Your Data from Brokers,” released Thursday by the Center for Democracy & Technology. But ...

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