Rights Groups Demand Hearings on the 'Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act'

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Rights Groups Demand Hearings on the 'Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act'
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'The longer Congress waits,' warned SeanVitka of demandprogress, 'the stronger and more dangerous this industry will become.'

"The longer Congress waits," warned one advocate,"the stronger and more dangerous this industry will become."More than four dozen consumer advocacy, media justice, and privacy rights groups on Wednesday urged the Senate and House Judiciary Committees to hold hearings on the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act—a bill meant to curb warrantless mass surveillance—as soon as possible.

"There's no reason information scavenged by data brokers should be treated differently under the Fourth Amendment," Free Press Action's Nora Benavidez said in aThe Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, Benavidez added,"ensures that law enforcement and intelligence agencies can't do an end run around the Constitution to get to your data.

"We need a hearing to reveal to Congress and the American people the extent to which our information is being accessed by law enforcement and intelligence agencies at will."

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