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WASHINGTON 鈥� The House of Representatives voted 219-199 to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would ban the government from purchasing Americans鈥� data from data brokers that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain, including location and internet records. This vote comes just days after the House passed one of the most dramatic expansions of warrantless government surveillance since the Patriot Act. Both bills are now with the Senate.

When the government wants to obtain Americans鈥� private information, like where they live, what doctor鈥檚 office they visited, or who they are dating, the Fourth Amendment requires it to go to court and obtain a warrant. But for years now, federal agencies, including the and the , have been buying their way around this requirement by purchasing Americans鈥� sensitive information from data brokers. These companies often obtain this information through common applications, like or , without users realizing it, and then the government uses it to track people鈥檚 location without a warrant or probable cause 鈥� or even suspicion that anyone in the dataset had done anything wrong.

鈥淭he bipartisan passage of this bill is a flashing warning sign to the government that if it wants our data, it must get a warrant,鈥� said Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel at 老澳门开奖结果. 鈥淲e hope this vote puts a fire under the Senate to protect their constituents and rein in the government鈥檚 warrantless surveillance of Americans, once and for all.鈥�