The letter also points to databases maintained by the British multinational RELX and the Canadian conglomerate Thomson Reuters, which, according to CUNY law professor Sarah Lamdan, author of Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information, contain dossiers on roughly two-thirds of the US population, tracing their whereabouts and mapping social and familial relationships.
In 2020 alone, data brokers bled out some $29 million while vying to undermine legislative efforts to rein in their industry, according to lobbying disclosures unearthed by The Markup.
While many major data collectors acknowledge falling under the jurisdiction of the FCRA, others have evaded regulatory scrutiny by relying
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