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Tech Talk: Data Brokers — Talking Tech w/ Greg Nojeim & Dhanaraj Thakur

/ Jamal Magby, Nick Warmington, Dhanaraj Thakur, Greg Nojeim

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CDT’s Tech Talk is a podcast where we dish on tech and Internet policy, while also explaining what these policies mean to our daily lives. You can find Tech Talk on Spotify, SoundCloud, iTunes, and Google Podcasts, as well as Stitcher and TuneIn.

We have another exciting show for you this week!

CDT recently released a report, Legal Loopholes and Data for Dollars, exploring the data broker ecosystem, which is estimated to be worth about $200 billion dollars, and examining how law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been evading legal requirements by purchasing data from brokers.

Here to talk about this report and what can be done to prevent the illegal sale of sensitive information is Greg Nojeim Senior Counsel and Director of the CDT Security and Surveillance Project, and Dhanaraj Thakur, Research Director for CDT.

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