Privacy advocates call on Maryland to investigate data brokers

Privacy advocates call on Maryland to investigate data brokers Maryland has passed some of the strictest data privacy provisions in the country. But privacy and civil rights advocates say commercial data brokers are violating state law by collecting and selling Marylanders' geolocation data, as well as selling information to federal immigration authorities. A coalition of privacy and civil rights groups filed a consumer complaint Wednesday that calls on the state attorney general to investigate specific companies and take enforcement action against them. The complaint comes as U. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been ramping up its use of commercially-available personal data and surveillance tools to track and deport immigrants as well as monitor protesters.