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Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass
surveillance.
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🔗 Pleasanton PD admits feds previously had access to license plate reader data Pleasanton
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Feds Secretly Ran 300 Illegal Searches Through San Francisco's License Plate Cameras San Francisco
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
🔗 SF: Flock Denies That Feds Directly Accessed Camera System San Francisco
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
More coverage (7 related entries):
🔗 Feds 'improperly' accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds San Francisco
Oversharing
🔗 'A Climate of Fear and Mistrust': Petition Urges Humboldt Sheriff, Board of Supervisors to ... Humboldt County
Pushback
🔗 Modesto police find federal agencies had prohibited access to license plate data Modesto
Oversharing
🔗 Federal Agencies Accessed El Cerrito's License Plate Reader Data El Cerrito
Oversharing
🔗 License plate readers mined images for immigration data Oxnard
Ventura County
Oversharing
"Although the department set its security protocols to "California only" upon implementation in December 2023, an audit last year revealed that a "nationwide query" enabled by the vendor allowed unauthorized access."
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🔗 Judge schedules hearing in AG Bonta lawsuit over El Cajon license plate data sharing El Cajon
Lawsuit
Oversharing
🔗 Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers Los Altos
San Jose
Santa Clara County
Oversharing
Paywall
Success
Terminated
"Los Altos officials said Flock had enabled a national and statewide "lookup" feature on their network of cameras without notifying the city or seeking its permission."
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🔗 Flock license reader flaw opened county's data to non-state agencies Ventura County
Oversharing
🔗 Federal agencies gain access to Flock cameras in El Cerrito, police say El Cerrito
Oversharing
🔗 Year in Review: Controversy over Flock license plate readers continues Capitola
Santa Cruz
Watsonville
Expansion
Oversharing
Renewal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 Oakland police illegally shared license plate data: lawsuit Oakland
Lawsuit
Oversharing
🔗 Out-of-state law enforcement accessed Santa Cruz Police license plate camera data, Chief admits Santa Cruz
Oversharing
🔗 Capitola police chief confirms state law violations amid Flock license plate reader fallout Capitola
Oversharing
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. Capitola
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Responds to Outpost Investigation Into Its Automated License Plate Reader Program Humboldt County
🔗 The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Appears to be Violating Its Own Policy and State Law on Automated License Plate Readers Humboldt County
Oversharing
🔗 Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement El Cajon
Lawsuit
Oversharing
More coverage:
🔗 Menlo Park police broke state law, shared license plate data out of state Menlo Park
Oversharing
🔗 SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds Oakland
San Francisco
Immigration
Oversharing
🔗 SF and Oakland police illegally shared license plate data with federal agencies: report Oakland
San Francisco
Oversharing
🔗 Police flout state law on license plate privacy Orange County
Immigration
Oversharing
Paywall
🔗 California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside County
San Diego County
Immigration
Oversharing
"Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show."
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🔗 California Attorney General warned police about license plate data law. Departments ignored him Oversharing
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🔗 Sheriff, police shared license plate reader data. Sacramento grand jury says they broke law Sacramento
Oversharing
🔗 01-31-2024 letter to California AG Rob Bonta re: enforcing SB34 on ALPRs EFF
Oversharing
"Unfortunately, we have identified dozens of California LEAs that continue to share ALPR information with out-of-state agencies in violation of the law, including several that have expressly rejected the law as clarified by the Attorney General's Office."
🔗 Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show Sacramento
Oversharing
🔗 Vallejo police shared data in violation of state law, watchdog alleges Vallejo
Oversharing
🔗 Police in San Diego County breaking the law sharing drivers' data San Diego County
Oversharing
