Top spy official releases principles on intel agency use of info bought from data brokers

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a policy framework governing how the intelligence community acquires and uses commercially available information from data brokers, defining what constitutes sensitive CAI, emphasizing privacy and civil liberties protections, and committing to oversight and periodic reviews; while ODNI highlighted the value of CAI (including commercial imagery related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), critics such as Sen. Ron Wyden and privacy advocacy groups welcomed the transparency but argued the framework lacks clear rules on what can be purchased and urged Congress to pass legislation to close the data-broker loophole.