Category: data brokers

Data Brokers Help Government Spy on Americans, Says GOP Committee Chair

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said that companies have collected personal data on Americans that the government purchased and then used to spy on and track the activities of U.S. citizens. Rodgers made the claim during an April 19 subcommittee hearing of the Committee on Energy…


Data Brokers Are Spying on US Citizens

Commentary What is the most valuable commodity in the world? Grain, coffee, precious metals? No. Data is now the world’s single most valuable commodity. A commodity, as you know, is something that is bought and sold. That means data is being bought and sold. To be more specific, your data is being bought and sold. China recently got a taste…