House Rejects Bill That Would Require Feds to Obtain a Warrant to Purchase Americans’ Data

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House Rejects Bill That Would Require Feds to Obtain a Warrant to Purchase Americans’ Data

Congress has rejected a bill that, if passed, would require the federal government to obtain a warrant to purchase Americans’ private data from third parties. HR 4639, “The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act” (FANSA), would amend the U.S. code to clarify that the Fourth Amendment applies to information obtained through commercial means in addition to traditional searches. In other words, it would ban the U.S. government from purchasing America…