The little-known data broker industry is spending big bucks lobbying Congress

The Next Web
By The MarkupApr 2, 2021, 8:18 am225 pts
The data brokers who’ve made fortunes from collecting and sharing millions of people’s personal information tend to fly under the radar. Names like LiveRamp or RELX might not be familiar to most Americans, but they’re making themselves known on Capitol Hill. Collectively, data broker spending on lobbying…

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