WASHINGTON—A congressional committee has opened an investigation into the sale of the location data drawn from millions of U.S. mobile phones to law-enforcement agencies, according to a letter shared with The Wall Street Journal. The Democratic-led House Committee on Oversight and Reform said it was conducting an investigation in conjunction with two Democratic senators of the products sold by Venntel Inc. Venntel is a Virginia-based data broker and software company that has contracts with the Department of Homeland Security,...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 24, 2020 19:18 UTC