Senator Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden is the senior United States Senator from Oregon, serving in the Senate since 1996 and currently serving as the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996. He is best known for his advocacy on privacy rights, internet freedom, and limiting government surveillance, as well as his work on health care policy and open government initiatives.
“U.S. Central Command says adversaries have used commercially available location data to track or surveil American troops, highlighting how phone and computer data collected through the ad ecosystem and sold by brokers can become a battlefield risk. Senator Ron Wyden told Reuters 'the adtech industry should be treated as a national security threat.'”
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