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"Companies are collecting more of Americans’ data than ever before, and it is often legally sold and resold through data brokers. Commercial data brokers and ot
by bradley13 3y ago
"Companies are collecting more of Americans’ data than ever before, and it is often legally sold and resold through data brokers. Commercial data brokers and other companies can sell this data to countries of concern,"
The first part is the problem, not the second part. The US needs to enshrine privacy as a basic right - it is unfortunately not listed in your Constitution. Failing that, you need a GDPR. An executive order makes for great publicity, but is pretty much useless in this case.
- nozzlegear 3y ago> The US needs to enshrine privacy as a basic right - it is unfortunately not listed in your Constitution. One could make an argument that the Fourth Amendment applied to the modern age would enshrine privacy as a basic right online. I think there are several court cases that might even highlight this. The problem is the Fourth Amendment (and most of the Constitution in general) only explicitly outlines rights when it comes to what the government can and cannot pertaining to citizens, not what private businesses/corporations/other citizens can do.
- internet101010 3y agoThe irony is that all of the 3-letter agencies also buy this data from said brokers.