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Democratic lawmakers demand probe into DHS warrantless location tracking
- Democrats urge a new DHS probe into warrantless location data purchases by ICE and other agencies.
- The letter questions whether the DHS has policies to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding privacy-invading contractors.
- Lawmakers reference PenLink’s Webloc and Cobwebs Technologies as part of the surveillance setup.
- The group asks how location data is used and whether it has informed investigations of dissent or protest.
- Advocates cite the Fourth Amendment privacy concerns and call for limits on data broker access.
- EFF has highlighted the potential privacy violations and urged policy reforms.
- Legislation efforts like FANFSA and proposals to close data broker loopholes are noted in the discussion.
- Lawmakers pressed for a briefing after a PenLink contract was revealed in the press.
- The DHS is urged to adopt its prior recommendations on data use and privacy protections.
- Lawmakers request accountability on whether data access is audited for abuse.
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