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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 CA
Pleasanton
Immigration
🔗 Feds Secretly Ran 300 Illegal Searches Through San Francisco's License Plate Cameras CA
San Francisco
Restricted Sharing
🔗 SF: Flock Denies That Feds Directly Accessed Camera System CA
San Francisco
Restricted Sharing
More coverage (7 related entries):
🔗 Feds 'improperly' accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds CA
San Francisco
🔗 Law enforcement agencies consider changes to street-camera surveillance, part II CO
Pitkin County
Snowmass
Notes: This article shows that Flock isn't alone; Motorola's system also shares data with ICE.
🔗 Modesto police find federal agencies had prohibited access to license plate data CA
Modesto
🔗 Federal Agencies Accessed El Cerrito's License Plate Reader Data CA
El Cerrito
🔗 License plate readers mined images for immigration data CA
Oxnard
Ventura County
"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 CA
El Cajon
Lawsuit
🔗 State Report Finds Police Misused License Plate Camera Data In Virginia VA
🔗 Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers CA
Los Altos
San Jose
Santa Clara County
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"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 CA
Ventura County
🔗 Federal agencies gain access to Flock cameras in El Cerrito, police say CA
El Cerrito
🔗 Year in Review: Controversy over Flock license plate readers continues CA
Capitola
Santa Cruz
Watsonville
Expansion
Renewal
Restricted Sharing
🔗 'Had an abortion, search for female.' Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras WA
Spokane
Spokane County
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Oakland police illegally shared license plate data: lawsuit CA
Oakland
Lawsuit
🔗 Out-of-state law enforcement accessed Santa Cruz Police license plate camera data, Chief admits CA
Santa Cruz
🔗 Capitola police chief confirms state law violations amid Flock license plate reader fallout CA
Capitola
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. CA
Capitola
Immigration
🔗 Louisville police share data with national immigration dragnet KY
Louisville
Immigration
🔗 The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Appears to be Violating Its Own Policy and State Law on Automated License Plate Readers CA
Humboldt County
🔗 Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement CA
El Cajon
Lawsuit
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🔗 Fed immigration agencies used McLean County Sheriff's Department camera data despite Illinois law IL
McLean County
Immigration
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Uncovers Forest Park Police Department Sharing License Plate Reader Data with Customs and Border Protection a Violation of State Law IL
Forest Park
Immigration
🔗 Automated license plate reader company halts federal pilot programs following data access concerns
🔗 Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation IL
Immigration
"It is not Flock's job to police the police..."
🔗 Company violated Illinois law by sharing license plate data with federal agency: Giannoulias IL
Immigration
🔗 Giannoulias' Audit Finds License Plate Reader Company in Violation of State Law IL
Immigration
🔗 Menlo Park police broke state law, shared license plate data out of state CA
Menlo Park
🔗 Feds Used Local Cop's Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras IL
Palos Heights
Immigration
Security Problem
🔗 Federal license plate reader searches raise surveillance questions VA
Immigration
"In March, after four people detained at an ICE detention center in Farmville escaped, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives accessed data collected by Richmond's license plate reader system to assist in the immigration investigation — without permission to use the data for that purpose."
🔗 SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds CA
Oakland
San Francisco
Immigration
🔗 SF and Oakland police illegally shared license plate data with federal agencies: report CA
Oakland
San Francisco
🔗 Loveland Police Chief defends giving ATF access to its Flock account, despite ATF running searches for ICE CO
Loveland
🔗 Loveland Police Department's license plate tracking used for 'ICE' searches CO
Loveland
"Loveland Police says it wasn't one of its officers who conducted the searches, but rather a member of the ATF who was given access to the Loveland Police Department's Flock account."
🔗 Police flout state law on license plate privacy CA
Orange County
Immigration
Paywall
🔗 California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol CA
Los Angeles
Orange County
Riverside County
San Diego County
Immigration
"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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🔗 Police Department Response to Flock License Plate Reader Investigation IL
Mount Prospect
🔗 Illinois license plate cameras used illegally by out-of-state police, Giannoulias says IL
Immigration
🔗 California Attorney General warned police about license plate data law. Departments ignored him CA
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🔗 Sheriff, police shared license plate reader data. Sacramento grand jury says they broke law CA
Sacramento
🔗 01-31-2024 letter to California AG Rob Bonta re: enforcing SB34 on ALPRs CA
EFF
"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 CA
Sacramento
🔗 Vallejo police shared data in violation of state law, watchdog alleges CA
Vallejo
🔗 Police in San Diego County breaking the law sharing drivers' data CA
San Diego County
