- United States
- Utah
- Letter
Close the Data Broker Loophole in Section 702 Reauthorization
To: Sen. Curtis, Sen. Lee, Rep. Owens
From: A verified voter in West Jordan, UT
April 24
I need you to demand real reforms to Section 702 before voting to reauthorize it. Specifically, Congress must close the data broker surveillance loophole and require warrants for Americans' data.
Right now, intelligence agencies bypass the Fourth Amendment by purchasing information about Americans from data brokers that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. This isn't a hypothetical concern. Agencies are buying location data, browsing history, and other sensitive information that reveals the same details about our lives that wiretaps and searches would expose.
Any reauthorization of Section 702 must include a warrant requirement for accessing Americans' communications and data. It must also establish statutory penalties for privacy violations so there are actual consequences when agencies overstep. These aren't radical demands. They're basic constitutional protections that should have been in place from the start.
Don't let this surveillance authority get renewed without fixing the data broker loophole. Our civil liberties depend on you standing firm on these reforms.