Hi,

News just broke that our campaign to end warrantless data collection in
America faces direct opposition from the NSA. We now know U.S.
intelligence officials at the National Security Agency (NSA) are lobbying
Congress to block a measure to prevent the government from collecting
Americans’ sensitive data without a warrant.^1

Is it surprising? No, because intelligence and law enforcement agencies
have been buying up data on Americans that should be protected by the
Fourth Amendment.

AND, this proves how important it is for grassroots supporters like you to
get behind legislation that would prohibit U.S. military agencies,
including the NSA, from "purchasing data that would otherwise require a
warrant, court order, or subpoena."^2

Powerful government agencies are lobbying Congress to stop these privacy
protections, which have already passed the House.^3 So, we need as many
people to contact their Senators, counter the NSA’s lobbying, and stop the
government’s illegal purchase of personal data.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell your Senators to pass the Davidson-Jacobs
amendment to stop the government’s illegal purchase of personal data.

ADD YOUR NAME

"Americans of all political stripes know their Constitutional rights
shouldn’t disappear in the digital age," said Senator Ron Wyden, one of
champions of increased privacy protections from warrantless data
seizures.^4

The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure,
meaning law enforcement needs a warrant to investigate alleged crimes. But
Big Tech companies are collecting our data all the time. By purchasing
this data from the tech companies, the government is able to bypass the
constitutional protections courts have upheld over and over again —
performing what Senator Wyden has called an "end-run around the Fourth
Amendment."^5

Corporate data brokers have been more than happy to sell our personal data
to federal agencies and cops, who use it to violate our constitutional
rights. And with federal agencies like the NSA lobbying to stop
protections from the government’s warrantless data collection, it’s up to
the people to let Congress know we demand protections for our sensitive
data. An upcoming vote in the Senate could finally halt this wanton,
illegal, warrantless data collection.

Join Demand Progress and all of the grassroots activists calling on
Congress to protect our Fourth Amendment rights!

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Protect privacy, pass the Davidson-Jacobs amendment!

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

[ [link removed] ]DONATE

Sources:

 1. Wired, “US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance
'Loophole'” [ [link removed] ]July 27, 2023.
 2. Ibid.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Ibid.
 5. Office of Senator Ron Wyden, “Wyden, Paul and Bipartisan Members of
Congress Introduce The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act,” [ [link removed] ]April
21, 2021.
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