The report documents intelligence-community acquisition of commercially available personal information, including detailed location-related data, without the process that compelled acquisition might require.
The government would never have been permitted to compel billions of people to carry location tracking devices on their persons at all times, to log and track most of their social interactions, or to keep flawless records of all their reading habits.
Report text
The report documents intelligence-community acquisition of commercially available personal information, including detailed location-related data, without the process that compelled acquisition might require. Dated January 27, 2022 and declassified in 2023. The report recommends stronger policies; it does not say all such purchases are lawful or unrestricted.