Government agencies (foreign and domestic) will just be just a few of the many buyers of this information. Private companies buy up this information like mad.

Government agencies (foreign and domestic) will just be just a few of the many buyers of this information. Private companies buy up this information like mad. It's so cheap - five figures gets you a database of every person over 18 in the USA and their addresses. Another five figures gets work history for them. Another five figures gets you property information. Another gets you social media feeds. Etc. Some vendors even sell it ad hoc with little up-front cost. For less than a million a year, any company can build an extensive profile on every person in the USA. These companies are just adding to that list.