Intelligence Agencies Adopt New Rules for Warrantless Purchase of Americans’ Data

U.S. intelligence agencies are implementing a new framework for purchasing Americans’ personal data en masse, but will still not require a warrant to do so. The new guidelines are intended to address “novel issues related to privacy and civil liberties,” according to a May 9 statement released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “In keeping with my commitment to share as much as possible about the [intelligence community’s] activities, we are sharing this framework which provides effective governance for the IC’s [intelligence community’s] handling of [commercially available information] while also protecting Americans’ privacy and civil liberties,” Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said....