| Friend,
Right now it is LEGAL for law-enforcement agencies like the FBI to buy your online data, including your location and search history, without a warrant.
How? They’re exploiting a loophole in the Fourth Amendment, which is supposed to prohibit these agencies from carrying out unlawful searches and seizures. Since the fall of Roe v. Wade last summer — and the subsequent criminalization of abortion in more than 20 states — this practice is more alarming than ever.
But Congress can take action: There is currently bipartisan support to close this loophole with the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA). It’s urgent your members of Congress hear from you today to get this legislation over the finish line.
Add your name to tell Congress: Pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act this fall. FANFSA, which was first introduced in 2021, has strong bipartisan support. And the public overwhelmingly supports requiring government agencies to get a warrant to access or buy information about people’s locations.1
Without FANFSA, law-enforcement agencies like the Drug Enforcement Agency, the FBI and Customs and Border Protection will continue to pay for your information without first getting a warrant.
This warrantless purchase of our sensitive data is an outrageous violation of the Constitution, and it demands urgent action ASAP. Join Free Press Action in demanding that Congress pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.
Companies won't simply stop gathering or selling our data. And government officials have no incentive to follow warrant procedures when they can easily bypass our basic rights by buying our data from these companies. It’s on us to urge lawmakers to protect our personal information.
Thanks for taking action on this,
Candace and the rest of the Free Press Action team
freepress.net
1. “Most Americans Object to Government Tracking of Their Activities Through Cellphones,” The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 25, 2020  |
