We're a nonpartisan group of U.S. citizens who advocate for greater protection of our privacy and civil liberties in government surveillance programs.
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“It’s Getting Harder to Square the Emerging Surveillance State with the Declaration of Independence”
Backdoor, warrantless searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
WATCH: @savingprivacy General Counsel Gene Schaerr explains why Congress must enact a FISA warrant requirement.
UNC Charlotte has restricted ALPR searches to agencies in other states, joining the list of other campus police departments to limit searches on data captured by the devices.
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Anderson County council members are moving toward cancelling all subscriptions for Flock cameras, as the effort to disassociate the county from Flock continues.
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One @Texasgov community thought they were sharing Flock data with 83 agencies. Turns out that 459 had access. Widespread data sharing is just one of the many, many problems with this sort of technology.
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ALPRs by companies like Flock are certainly one of the most obvious symptoms of the surveillance state, but they are far from the only threat to privacy. Congress must stop the dragnet of mass surveillance.
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"Congress must step up and pass legislation that stops dragnet surveillance in all of its forms, not just Flock cameras."
Read @donbellct in @fulcrum_us on why the surveillance state is bigger than just Flock cameras & what must be done to dismantle it:
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When someone leaves law enforcement, it's customary that they turn in their badge and their gun. But why do some maintain their login credentials to access Flock's ALPR system?
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Flock's ALPRs not only present a massive threat to privacy, they also undermine the First Amendment by making it cheap and easy to link reporters to sources, or to allow authorities to harass journalists.
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Camera networks run by Flock, Axon, and others make it cheap and easy for investigators to link reporters to their sources or for authorities to harass journalists.
That’s why FPF is proud to endorse the Get the Flock Out of Our Communities Act.
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.@DHSgov IG states @TSA isn't properly safeguarding passenger data, creating serious risks for those who don't opt out of biometric verification.
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Federal court rules in favor of privacy, declaring @USOPM violated the law when it disclosed millions of federal employee records to @DOGE. The court will decide on an appropriate remedy at a later date.
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1/ Americans are being watched in ways that would've seemed impossible just a handful of years ago, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition, and personal data available for sale to corporations and government agencies alike.
2/ But at the center of this always-on digital surveillance ecosystem are the questions that more people should be asking: what does this all mean for privacy, and how can you protect yourself?
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We are all being watched in ways we never imagined, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition technology and data mining. What does all this digital surveillance mean for the right to privacy? to.pbs.org/4dryNSs
Document unveiled in court case accuses Amazon of tracking "acts of dissent" among employees, and using an AI tool to predict how likely employees are to form unions.
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A document unveiled in a court case appears to show Amazon using AI to track workers and rank how likely they are to form unions.
The document has been released as part of court proceedings between Amazon and Canadian union Unifor.
It shows Amazon using an AI tool dubbed "Atlas" to give warehouses a risk score of between 100 and 900 for union activity, with a lower score meaning it believes workers are more likely to unionize. A higher score is “better” for leaders at the company, the document says.
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2/ HB2771 establishes guardrails for use of ALPRs and the data they collect in Pennsylvania, incl. limiting law enforcement access, mandating a warrant to access or share the data, and establishing restrictions on how long ALPR data can be retained.
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Robot vacuums offer a major convenience for consumers, but some devices threaten privacy by generating floor maps, watching users take a bathroom break, or recording private conversations.
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1/ @RepPatHarrigan seems to have had enough of the growing network of ALPRs that track Americans every time they drive, and has introduced legislation to impose restrictions on the devices.
2/ Critically, these restrictions include requiring warrants before police can search the information the devices collect.
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Tech steps in to fill the void created by the legal landscape moving slowly re: privacy threats posed by ALPRs, as @MapQuest adds new "Surveillance Layer" that shows the location of Flock cameras along driving routes.
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Privacy makes these freedoms possible. People cannot speak freely when every conversation can be construed as evidence against them.
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3/ Mapping local surveillance is a good beginning. Enforceable protections must follow: probable-cause warrants for historical location tracking, firm retention limits, independent audits, and prohibitions on monitoring protected political and religious activity.
4/ Perhaps the best form of surveilling the surveillance state is old-fashioned oversight from city councils to Congress. Let's hope that more companies and non-profits will give our elected representatives and the public new ways to watch the watchers. protectprivacynow.org/news/s…
