2021/08/06

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on a Watershed Moment in “Weaponized Personal Data”

“This is the first major case of weaponizing personal data, shared by shady data brokers. I have been warning for years that there would be consequences for failing to protect Americans’ personal information.”
– U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, sponsor of the “Mind Your Own Business” act, and other privacy-focused legislation, on the recent outing of a high-ranking Catholic priest as a Gay bar patron based on Grindr location data obtained through a grey market reseller
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