Health records, financial situations, religious leanings, it's all out there, or so this study says
That personal data, available for as little as $0.12 per record, is said to pose a threat because it could be acquired by foreign adversaries for malicious purposes – such as blackmail, operational targeting, or mapping sensitive military sites.
The 2021 report also found that US data brokers sell information about active duty military personnel. As noted in that report, the buying and selling of people's information is"virtually unregulated" in the US, and there's very little in federal or state law to prevent such sales to foreign entities. The info can be sourced from all manner of places, from phone apps and smart home devices, to payment transactions and public records.
The report calls for Congress to pass a comprehensive federal privacy law – a feat US lawmakers have not managed despite years of advocacy from activists, lawyers, ands much of the technology industry."The Department takes the privacy interests of its personnel very seriously," the spokesperson claimed.
"This excerpt from the conclusion is particularly spot on: the data consist of 'individually identified, and non-public information.' And are available on the cheap. This confluence of privacy invasion, military risk, and availability to foreign services is a powerful mix."Olejnik expressed skepticism, however, that the findings will hasten the glacial legislative process for privacy in the US.
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