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Counterpoint: perhaps companies could still "donate" location data to the government, maybe even for exclusive perks such as tax write-offs or access to information and resources.

This bill sounds nice in principle, but like everything else, could be completely negated by simple loopholes. It could even be smoke and mirrors, so that they can say this issue has already been addressed by legislation. Defective legislation is rampant.




IANAL, but those perks would seem to be covered by "in exchange for anything of value".




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