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Government agencies can track you, thanks to the vast amounts of personal information available for sale. metamorworks/iStock via Getty Images

US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AI

The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely silent on agencies purchasing the data from commercial brokers.

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