House Commerce Queries Data Brokers in Bipartisan Probe

Equifax, Experian, Kochava, Oracle and Thomson Reuters are among data broker companies the House Commerce Committee queried Wednesday in its bipartisan investigation into potential exploitation of U.S. data. Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., led efforts to deliver letters to some 20 heads of data broker companies. They presented various questions to the companies in an effort to understand how they “purchase, collect, use, license, and sell Americans’ data.” Passing comprehensive federal privacy legislation to increase Americans’ control over their personal data is a “top priority,” they said.