&gt; Why not regulate their use of the data (as opposed to preventing collection of it)?<p>If the Sec of State can&#x27;t use top secret information appropriately, why should I trust that dozens of faceless agents, programmers, data scientists, actuaries, etc. are all using my data?<p>See also the OPM data breach:
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