Wyden Plans Law to Stop Cops From Buying Data That Would Need a Warrant

Senator Ron Wyden plans to introduce new legislation that would stop law enforcement agencies from purchasing data they would ordinarily require a warrant or court order to obtain, the Senator's office told Motherboard. Recently agencies have bought information from the commercial sector, such as location data collected from smartphone apps, that in other contexts would be covered by the Fourth Amendment.
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