Bill to stop police from buying online searches, location tracking, advances [Video]

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. – The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a vote of 219 to 199.

The bill aims to prevent law enforcement from purchasing Americans’ personal data from data brokers.

“Sounds like it could be an intrusion,” said Kirk Williams of Castro Valley, who supports the bill.

“So much information is available, in a way it’s kind of like a Pandora’s box,” Todd McManus of Castro Valley said. “It just seems it shouldn’t be that easily accessible.”

The data in question includes online search history and location tracking, which the apps on your smartphone are always monitoring.

“Big tech already has our information and most of our information is pretty much out there,” said Nhi Tran of Castro Valley.

Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez is against the bill.

Sanchez told KTVU her department pays to retrieve information in the case of a suspect or missing person through …