Even the Government Thinks It Should Stop Buying Corporate Surveillance Data

Intern Nicholas Wilson was the primary author of this post.

U.S. government intelligence agencies are buying data about us. The danger to our civil liberties is so extreme that even the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said things have gone too far in a detailed report released in June.

The report explains that federal intelligence agencies, like the NSA and FBI, do more than just conduct their own surveillance: they also buy data from private surveillance …