US watchdog to announce plans to regulate 'surveillance industry'

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To regulate companies that track and sell people's personal data.

US watchdog to announce plans to regulate 'surveillance industry'
The top US agency for consumer financial protection will announce plans to regulate companies that track and sell people's personal data, part of the Biden administration's widening scrutiny of that industry's privacy practices, officials said. Data brokers' conduct can be ...

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