Author: John Oliver
Publisher: Last Week Tonight
Publication Year: 2022
Summary: The following video discusses how 3rd party cookies on the internet track everything that you do and constantly monitor your location and interests. Companies make billions pf dollars selling this data to individuals, companies, and the U.S. government. Although the 4th amendment protects U.S. Citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures, it does not prevent the government from buying all of your data from a legitimate company. Government agencies from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have purchased personal data, “without warrants, public disclosures, or robust oversight — to carry out everything from criminal investigations to deportations.”