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Privacy advocates call on Maryland to investigate data brokers

NPR Technology · August 20, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Privacy advocates call on Maryland to investigate data brokers

Maryland has one of the strictest data privacy laws in the country.

But privacy advocates allege data brokers are violating the law by selling data to police and federal immigration agencies. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

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