The rise of the Internet and social media has led to the creation of one of the biggest markets in the 21st century, the selling of your private data. To advertisers for more targeted advertisements, or to businesses to optimize selling you products, and scammers, to simply steal from you through data breaches. Now, with big data analysis getting stronger, and AI able to comb through more and more of your data, government and corporate actors are looking to integrate your data into government and surveillance tracking of everyday people without a warrant.
Its time we put a stop to other people using our data against us. Its time we get our data back.
In accordance with the 4th amendment, stricter laws are required to ensure that the US government is not using private data illegally to spy on and prosecute Americans without a warrant.
Federal and state governments should only retain the minimum level of personal data necessary to conduct specific business.
Private companies should be required to disclose specifically to who your private data is being sold to.