Montana

Montana appears in How government uses "surveillance as a service" to collect data as the state Jeremy Scott cites for passing a law that closes the Data Broker Loophole. The episode says the Montana bill requires a warrant where government agencies might otherwise purchase data directly from brokers.

The Montana example turns Fourth Amendment Digital Privacy from a constitutional principle into a state-level implementation path: close the purchase route, require judicial process, and prevent data buying from becoming a workaround for warrant rules.

Connections

• Ron Wyden and [[FourthAmendmentIsNotForSaleAct|Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act]] - federal model for the law described in the episode.
• Data Broker Loophole and Government Data Broker Access - problem the law targets.
• Fourth Amendment Digital Privacy - rights frame behind the warrant requirement.