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Feb. 26, 2021, 11:27 PM

Democrats Launch Probe of Thomson Reuters, Equifax Ties to ICE

Megan Howard
Megan Howard
Bloomberg News

House Democrats send letters to Thomson Reuters and Equifax, Inc. asking for documents linked to the sale of utility customers’ data to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

  • “We are concerned that the commercialization of personal and use data of utility customers and sale of broad access to ICE is an abuse of privacy, and that ICE’s use of this database is an abuse of power,” write Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, vice chair of the Oversight and Reform Committee

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