Stephanie Hughes

There have been lawsuits filed recently against the Department of Homeland Security over its collection and use of data.

Joining me now to talk about this is Jeremy Scott.

He directs the Surveillance Oversight Program at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

I asked him to walk me through how the government collects data about us.

You touched on this briefly, but just to underline it, how does the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure, play into this?

We'll be right back.

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I'm Stephanie Hughes.

We're back with Jeremy Scott, Senior Counsel and Director of the Surveillance Oversight Program at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

What are you most worried about with this data collection?

What laws are there that regulate how the government can buy, collect, or use any of this data?

That's Jeremy Scott at the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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Some high school students use AI to kick off their college searches, saying, hey, I want to school with a good civil engineering program and an even better football team.

And the AI will spit out a list of colleges.

Other times, high schoolers are asking very targeted questions.

Michael Koppenheffer is a co-author on that EAB study.