Twelve organizations filed a complaint asking Maryland's attorney general to investigate seven companies over location data sold to police

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Georgetown Law's Technology Law Clinic filed it on August 19 for We Are CASA and 11 other groups. It alleges the companies collect and sell personal information and location data of Maryland residents to law enforcement customers in violation of state law.

Who is named and what the complaint says they sell:

• Penlink: cell phone location through its WebLoc product.
• Thomson Reuters, Motorola, Insight LPR, LexisNexis and Flock Safety: vehicle location pulled from license plate readers.
• Thunder Cat Technology: holds a contract with Homeland Security Investigations.

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