{"id":165941,"date":"2023-06-17T21:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T02:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/federal-government-is-buying-your-data-report-says"},"modified":"2023-06-17T21:23:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T02:23:16","slug":"federal-government-is-buying-your-data-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/federal-government-is-buying-your-data-report-says","title":{"rendered":"Federal government is buying your data, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZYdWb3vYho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying Americans\u2019 data from \u201cdata brokers.\u201d Most of it is sold by vendors claiming the data is anonymous, but experts argue it\u2019s easy to reveal personal information. Josh Skule, former FBI executive assistant director of the intelligence branch, joined CBS News to talk about the report.<\/p>\n<p>#news #privacy #data.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Streaming Network is the premier 24\/7 anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations, available free to everyone with access to the Internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is your destination for breaking news, live events and original reporting locally, nationally and around the globe. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available live in 91 countries and on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as on <a href=\"http:\/\/CBSNews.com\">CBSNews.com<\/a> and Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>Watch CBS News: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsn.ws\/1PlLpZ7c\">https:\/\/cbsn.ws\/1PlLpZ7c<\/a>.<br \/> Download the CBS News app: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsn.ws\/1Xb1WC8\">https:\/\/cbsn.ws\/1Xb1WC8<\/a><br \/> Follow CBS News on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cbsnews\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cbsnews\/<\/a><br \/> Like CBS News on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/cbsnews\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/cbsnews<\/a>.<br \/> Follow CBS News on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbsnews\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbsnews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Try Paramount+ free: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2OiW1kZ\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2OiW1kZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For video licensing inquiries, contact: <a href=\"mailto:licensing@veritone.com\">licensing@veritone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/federal-government-is-buying-your-data-report-says\">Continue reading \u201cFederal government is buying your data, report says\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying Americans\u2019 data from \u201cdata brokers.\u201d Most of it is sold by vendors claiming the data is anonymous, but experts argue it\u2019s easy to reveal personal information. Josh Skule, former FBI executive assistant director of the intelligence branch, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}