Inside the data brokers selling your location by the minute

The file was meant to be sealed. A clerical slip put 900 pages into the public record for eleven hours.

In that window, a picture assembled itself: who buys movement data, who sells it, and how little it costs.

Everyone is for sale. Most of us just never see the receipt.

How we reported this

We cross-referenced the unsealed exhibits against corporate filings and three months of advertised data feeds.