newly declassified government report published on June 9. The report, published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, says that data brokers are collecting information from Americans' phones, web browsers and cars and have contracts with several government agencies adding that it could cause severe harm to civil liberties.
The data includes "commercially available information." In layman's terms, think geolocation data, phone records, health data on smartwatches and much more.
The recently declassified report which was completed in January 2022 explains that U.S. agencies like the FBI, Department of Defense, U.S.
Navy and more use this data to look at social media reports on individuals seeking security clearance. A small aspect of the larger story.