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	===Purchasing illegally-obtained data===		===Purchasing illegally-obtained data===
	In January 2024, "NSA officials told [US Senator Ron Wyden] that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata." Wyden also "suggested that the intelligence community might be helping data brokers violate an FTC order requiring that Americans [...] give informed consent before their data can be sold to third parties."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Belanger \|first=Ashley \|date=26 Jan 2024 \|title=NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|website=Ars Technica}}</ref>		In January 2024, "NSA officials told [US Senator Ron Wyden] that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata." Wyden also "suggested that the intelligence community might be helping data brokers violate an FTC order requiring that Americans [...] give informed consent before their data can be sold to third parties."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Belanger \|first=Ashley \|date=26 Jan 2024 \|title=NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|website=Ars Technica \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251227000146/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|archive-date=27 Dec 2025}}</ref>

	The FTC order in question is part of a settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor, Outlogic, LLC. The order established a precedent prohibiting data brokers from collecting and selling sensitive consumer data without the consumer's explicit consent.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=In the Matter of X-Mode Social, Inc., a corporation, and Outlogic, LLC., a Limited Liability Company {{!}} Decision and Order \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf \|website=Federal Trade Commission}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251012161050/https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf Archived])</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 April 2024 \|title=FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|website=Federal Trade Commission \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251214035830/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref> Notably, this order "seems to carve out exceptions for any [location] data collected outside the US and used for either 'security purposes' or 'national security purposes conducted by federal agencies or other federal entities.'"<ref name=":0" />		The FTC order in question is part of a settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor, Outlogic, LLC. The order established a precedent prohibiting data brokers from collecting and selling sensitive consumer data without the consumer's explicit consent.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=In the Matter of X-Mode Social, Inc., a corporation, and Outlogic, LLC., a Limited Liability Company {{!}} Decision and Order \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf \|website=Federal Trade Commission}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251012161050/https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf Archived])</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 April 2024 \|title=FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|website=Federal Trade Commission \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251214035830/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref> Notably, this order "seems to carve out exceptions for any [location] data collected outside the US and used for either 'security purposes' or 'national security purposes conducted by federal agencies or other federal entities.'"<ref name=":0" />

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	The [[wikipedia:National_Security_Agency\|National Security Agency (NSA)]] is a member of the [[wikipedia:United_States_Intelligence_Community\|United States Intelligence Community (IC)]] established in 1952. The NSA collaborates with universities, businesses, and other entities to enhance the United States' national security against both foreign and domestic threats.{{Citation needed}} Their methods have come under national scrutiny many times, most notably in 2013 when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA's mass warrantless surveillance of the American populace post-9/11.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=11 June 2013 \|title=Allies concerned about privacy, want answers about US surveillance programs \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/allies-concerned-about-privacy-want-answers-about-us-surveillance-programs-flna6c10272406 \|website=NBC News}}</ref>		The [[wikipedia:National_Security_Agency\|National Security Agency (NSA)]] is a member of the [[wikipedia:United_States_Intelligence_Community\|United States Intelligence Community (IC)]] established in 1952. The NSA collaborates with universities, businesses, and other entities to enhance the United States' national security against both foreign and domestic threats.{{Citation needed}} Their methods have come under national scrutiny many times, most notably in 2013 when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA's mass warrantless surveillance of the American populace post-9/11.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=11 June 2013 \|title=Allies concerned about privacy, want answers about US surveillance programs \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/allies-concerned-about-privacy-want-answers-about-us-surveillance-programs-flna6c10272406 \|website=NBC News \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708203226/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/allies-concerned-about-privacy-want-answers-about-us-surveillance-programs-flna6c10272406 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	In January 2024, "NSA officials told [US Senator Ron Wyden] that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata." Wyden also "suggested that the intelligence community might be helping data brokers violate an FTC order requiring that Americans [...] give informed consent before their data can be sold to third parties."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Belanger \|first=Ashley \|date=26 Jan 2024 \|title=NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|website=Ars Technica}}</ref>		In January 2024, "NSA officials told [US Senator Ron Wyden] that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata." Wyden also "suggested that the intelligence community might be helping data brokers violate an FTC order requiring that Americans [...] give informed consent before their data can be sold to third parties."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Belanger \|first=Ashley \|date=26 Jan 2024 \|title=NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|website=Ars Technica}}</ref>

	The FTC order in question is part of a settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor, Outlogic, LLC. The order established a precedent prohibiting data brokers from collecting and selling sensitive consumer data without the consumer's explicit consent.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=In the Matter of X-Mode Social, Inc., a corporation, and Outlogic, LLC., a Limited Liability Company {{!}} Decision and Order \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf \|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 April 2024 \|title=FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref> Notably, this order "seems to carve out exceptions for any [location] data collected outside the US and used for either 'security purposes' or 'national security purposes conducted by federal agencies or other federal entities.'"<ref name=":0" />		The FTC order in question is part of a settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor, Outlogic, LLC. The order established a precedent prohibiting data brokers from collecting and selling sensitive consumer data without the consumer's explicit consent.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=In the Matter of X-Mode Social, Inc., a corporation, and Outlogic, LLC., a Limited Liability Company {{!}} Decision and Order \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf \|website=Federal Trade Commission}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251012161050/https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf Archived])</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 April 2024 \|title=FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|website=Federal Trade Commission \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251214035830/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref> Notably, this order "seems to carve out exceptions for any [location] data collected outside the US and used for either 'security purposes' or 'national security purposes conducted by federal agencies or other federal entities.'"<ref name=":0" />

	This incident may indicate pressure from the NSA on data brokers and collectors to continue violating privacy, adopting opt-in by default practices, and engaging in user tracking.		This incident may indicate pressure from the NSA on data brokers and collectors to continue violating privacy, adopting opt-in by default practices, and engaging in user tracking.

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	~~\| Name = National Security Agency~~		{{CompanyCargo
	\| Type = Government agency		\| Type = Government agency
	\| Founded = 1952		\| Founded = 1952
	\| Industry = Intelligence and counterintelligence		\| Industry = Intelligence and counterintelligence
	\| ~~Official~~ Website = https://www.nsa.gov/		\| Website = https://www.nsa.gov/
	\| Logo = NSA Seal of National Security Agency.png		\| Logo = NSA Seal of National Security Agency.png
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ClippyFellow47: Grammar edits also had to undo an edit, but it should still be functional with respects to the link to Wikipedia on the NSA.

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Grammar edits also had to undo an edit, but it should still be functional with respects to the link to Wikipedia on the NSA.

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	The [[wikipedia:National_Security_Agency\|National Security Agency (NSA)]] is a member of the [[wikipedia:United_States_Intelligence_Community\|United States Intelligence Community (IC)]] established in 1952. The NSA ~~works~~ with universities, businesses, and other entities to ~~increase~~ the United States national security ~~from threats~~ both foreign and domestic.{{Citation needed}} Their methods have come under national scrutiny many times, most notably in 2013 when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA's mass warrantless surveillance of the American populace post-9/11.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=11 June 2013 \|title=Allies concerned about privacy, want answers about US surveillance programs \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/allies-concerned-about-privacy-want-answers-about-us-surveillance-programs-flna6c10272406 \|website=NBC News}}</ref>		The [[wikipedia:National_Security_Agency\|National Security Agency (NSA)]] is a member of the [[wikipedia:United_States_Intelligence_Community\|United States Intelligence Community (IC)]] established in 1952. The NSA collaborates with universities, businesses, and other entities to enhance the United States' national security against both foreign and domestic threats.{{Citation needed}} Their methods have come under national scrutiny many times, most notably in 2013 when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA's mass warrantless surveillance of the American populace post-9/11.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=11 June 2013 \|title=Allies concerned about privacy, want answers about US surveillance programs \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/allies-concerned-about-privacy-want-answers-about-us-surveillance-programs-flna6c10272406 \|website=NBC News}}</ref>

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	In January 2024, "NSA officials told [US Senator Ron Wyden] that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata." Wyden also "suggested that the intelligence community might be helping data brokers violate an FTC order requiring that Americans [...] give informed consent before their data can be sold to third parties."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Belanger \|first=Ashley \|date=26 Jan 2024 \|title=NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|website=Ars Technica}}</ref>		In January 2024, "NSA officials told [US Senator Ron Wyden] that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata." Wyden also "suggested that the intelligence community might be helping data brokers violate an FTC order requiring that Americans [...] give informed consent before their data can be sold to third parties."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|last=Belanger \|first=Ashley \|date=26 Jan 2024 \|title=NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ \|website=Ars Technica}}</ref>

	The FTC order in question ~~being~~ part of a settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor, Outlogic, LLC. The order established a precedent ~~to prohibit~~ data brokers from collecting and selling ''sensitive'' consumer data without explicit consent ~~from the consumer~~.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=In the Matter of X-Mode Social, Inc., a corporation, and Outlogic, LLC., a Limited Liability Company {{!}} Decision and Order \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf \|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 April 2024 \|title=FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref> Notably, this order "seems to carve out exceptions for any [location] data collected outside the US and used for either 'security purposes' or 'national security purposes conducted by federal agencies or other federal entities.'"<ref name=":0" />		The FTC order in question is part of a settlement with X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor, Outlogic, LLC. The order established a precedent prohibiting data brokers from collecting and selling sensitive consumer data without the consumer's explicit consent.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=In the Matter of X-Mode Social, Inc., a corporation, and Outlogic, LLC., a Limited Liability Company {{!}} Decision and Order \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/X-Mode-D%26O.pdf \|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=12 April 2024 \|title=FTC Finalizes Order with X-Mode and Successor Outlogic Prohibiting it from Sharing or Selling Sensitive Location Data \|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-finalizes-order-x-mode-successor-outlogic-prohibiting-it-sharing-or-selling-sensitive-location \|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref> Notably, this order "seems to carve out exceptions for any [location] data collected outside the US and used for either 'security purposes' or 'national security purposes conducted by federal agencies or other federal entities.'"<ref name=":0" />

	This incident may indicate pressure from the NSA on data brokers and collectors to continue privacy ~~violations~~, opt-in by default practices, and user tracking.		This incident may indicate pressure from the NSA on data brokers and collectors to continue violating privacy, adopting opt-in by default practices, and engaging in user tracking.

	==See also==		==See also==

Beanie Bo: Removed deletion notice. Admin has spoken

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Drakeula: Drakeula moved page NSA to National Security Agency: Misspelled title: Is an abbreviation

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Beanie Bo: Deletion request. An agency under the Department of Defense is unrelated to consumer rights and far outside the scope of the wiki.

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Deletion request. An agency under the Department of Defense is unrelated to consumer rights and far outside the scope of the wiki.

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Beanie Bo: This article is irrelevant and could be an incident article at best.

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This article is irrelevant and could be an incident article at best.

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