NSA is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the world, many of them belonging to Americans. Privacy attorney Ron Raether: NSA is not following basic principles of good data governance. NSA collects contact lists in large numbers that amount to a sizable portion of the world’s e-mails and messaging accounts, he says. A spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says the agency is focused on discovering and developing intelligence about valid foreign intelligence targets.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/nsa-e-spying-bad-governance-a-6151