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Is Bank of America Giving Away Customer Data Without Consent?

Privacy, Facts and Fact Checking, banking and finance

Posted on AllSides February 16th, 2021

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During his show on February 4, Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that Bank of America is “without the knowledge or the consent of its customers, sharing private information with federal law enforcement agencies.” Carlson explained how “at the request of federal investigators, Bank of America searched its databases looking for people who fit a specific profile” of those who may have participated in the storming of the Capitol on January 6.

According to Carlson, investigators were looking for people who made transactions in D.C. on or around the...

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