> US Gov utilized data from private companies

Yes

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/19/us-immigrati...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-agencies-use-cellphone-...

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/10/23065080/ice-surveillance...

1. Not citizens.

2. Not for imprisonment (although deportation is an ugly business no matter the context).

3. Not working with companies, working with shady third-party data brokers that companies themselves would like to see shut down.

Not yet.

The only way to make sure that it continues like this is if nobody can collect the data.

> Not yet.

So no, the answer is no. And there are laws in place that prevent such a change from occurring.

> nobody can collect the data.

It's unrealistic to think no one will be scraping data. You just need laws around who can do it, can for what reasons. And enforcement. (all of these things only possible in non-autocratic countries)

> laws in place that prevent such a change from occurring.

Haven't you learned anything from Snowden?

> You just need laws around who can do it, can for what reasons.

You just make illegal to use personal data for any other thing that is not the service being directly provided to the customer.

Personalized ads? Tracking cookies? Ad bids? Make all these illegal and the collection of data will stop being profitable. Stop making it profitable, and companies will no longer be interested in doing.

We are talking about private industry working together with governments. The US has no intention nor legal ability to force private industry to work with them, outside of when they choose to.

Unless a new patriot act comes along, which is highly unlikely to pass in 2022.

No. We are talking about companies with way too much power in their hands and that might use it for nefarious purposes {for,against,with,without,despite} the government.