WSJ News Exclusive | House Investigating Company Selling Phone Location Data to Government Agencies

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A congressional committee opened an investigation into the sale of the location data drawn from millions of U.S. mobile phones to law-enforcement agencies, according to a letter shared with The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—A congressional committee has opened an investigation into the sale of the location data drawn from millions of U.S. mobile phones to law-enforcement agencies, according to a letter shared with The Wall Street Journal.

The Democratic-led House Committee on Oversight and Reform said it was conducting an investigation in conjunction with two Democratic senators of the products sold by Venntel Inc. Venntel is a Virginia-based data broker and software company that has contracts with the Department of Homeland Security,...

 

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,There is more: Comey was SO SHOCKED that realDonaldTrump asked him to “let Flynn go” that Comey wrote memos about it. Funny that Comey was not shocked that 2 weeks earlier, a POTUS and his VP told Comey/DOJ how to move forward on this same case!.

Finding this rather bazaar....Your personal location data is for Sale...That’s Not a Problem ? Really...but law enforcement stepping up as a buyer is ? Who are all the other buyers?

Do you think law enforcement should be allowed to access our locations?

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