On Wednesday, the committee advanced the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act without opposition after clashing with the FBI over concerns that a slew of law enforcement and intelligence agencies are circumventing constitutional protections to invade Americans’ privacy.
The roster of federal agencies buying Americans’ data includes the FBI, IRS, Department of Homeland Security, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Mr. Biggs. “Is the FBI purchasing location data from commercial sources without a warrant?” the California Democrat said.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said last month her team is reviewing how it uses people’s sensitive information that the government labels commercially available information or CAI. The report spotlighted some private sector contracts used by government agencies to access data, such as the FBI working with the company ZeroFox for “social media alerting” and the U.S. Navy relying on Sayari Analytics for access to a database on “U.S. sanctioned actors.”