{"id":208341,"date":"2026-01-27T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/ice-takes-aim-at-data-held-by-advertising-and-tech-firms-the-register\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:40:10","slug":"ice-takes-aim-at-data-held-by-advertising-and-tech-firms-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/ice-takes-aim-at-data-held-by-advertising-and-tech-firms-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE takes aim at data held by advertising and tech firms \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICE takes aim at data held by advertising and tech firms \u2022 The Register<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2026\/01\/27\/ice_data_advertising_tech_firms\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-27 16:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theregister.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s not enough to have its agents in streets and schools; ICE now wants to see what data online ads already collect about you. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week issued a Request for Information (RFI) asking data and ad tech brokers how they could help in its mission.<\/p>\n

The RFI is not a solicitation for bids. Rather it represents an attempt to conduct market research into the spectrum of data \u2013 personal, financial, location, health, and so on \u2013 that ICE investigators can source from technology and advertising companies.<\/p>\n

“[T]he Government is seeking to understand the current state of Ad Tech compliant and location data services available to federal investigative and operational entities, considering regulatory constraints and privacy expectations of support investigations activities,” the RFI explains.<\/p>\n

Issued on Friday, January 23, 2026, one day prior to the shooting of VA nurse Alex Pretti by a federal immigration agent, two weeks after the shooting of Ren\u00e9e Good, and three weeks after the shooting of Keith Porter Jr, the RFI lands amid growing disapproval of ICE tactics and mounting pressure to withhold funding for the agency.<\/p>\n

ICE did not immediately respond to a request to elaborate on how it might use ad tech data and to share whether any companies have responded to its invitation.<\/p>\n

The RFI follows a similar solicitation published last October for a contractor capable of providing ICE with open source intelligence and social media information to assist the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) directorate’s Targeting Operations Division \u2013 tasked with finding and removing “aliens that pose a threat to public safety or national security.”<\/p>\n

The October 2025 RFI observes that a new approach is needed because enforcement actions undertaken without open source intelligence and social…<\/p>\n

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