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Links to reliable sources (news articles, research, and analysis) for informed opposition to dragnet mass
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🔗 Pleasanton PD admits feds previously had access to license plate reader data Pleasanton
Immigration
🔗 Feds Secretly Ran 300 Illegal Searches Through San Francisco's License Plate Cameras San Francisco
Restricted Sharing
🔗 SF: Flock Denies That Feds Directly Accessed Camera System San Francisco
Restricted Sharing
More coverage (7 related entries):
🔗 Feds 'improperly' accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds San Francisco
🔗 Modesto police find federal agencies had prohibited access to license plate data Modesto
🔗 Federal Agencies Accessed El Cerrito's License Plate Reader Data El Cerrito
🔗 License plate readers mined images for immigration data 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 El Cajon
Lawsuit
🔗 Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers 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 Ventura County
🔗 Federal agencies gain access to Flock cameras in El Cerrito, police say El Cerrito
🔗 Year in Review: Controversy over Flock license plate readers continues Capitola
Santa Cruz
Watsonville
Expansion
Renewal
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🔗 Oakland police illegally shared license plate data: lawsuit Oakland
Lawsuit
🔗 Out-of-state law enforcement accessed Santa Cruz Police license plate camera data, Chief admits Santa Cruz
🔗 Capitola police chief confirms state law violations amid Flock license plate reader fallout Capitola
Restricted Sharing
🔗 ICE accessed Capitola license plate data. Police say it was a mistake. Capitola
Immigration
🔗 The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Appears to be Violating Its Own Policy and State Law on Automated License Plate Readers Humboldt County
🔗 Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License Plate Data with Out-of-State Law Enforcement El Cajon
Lawsuit
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🔗 Menlo Park police broke state law, shared license plate data out of state Menlo Park
🔗 SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds Oakland
San Francisco
Immigration
🔗 SF and Oakland police illegally shared license plate data with federal agencies: report Oakland
San Francisco
🔗 Police flout state law on license plate privacy Orange County
Immigration
Paywall
🔗 California police are illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol 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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🔗 California Attorney General warned police about license plate data law. Departments ignored him Copies at:
🔗 Sheriff, police shared license plate reader data. Sacramento grand jury says they broke law Sacramento
🔗 01-31-2024 letter to California AG Rob Bonta re: enforcing SB34 on ALPRs 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 Sacramento
🔗 Vallejo police shared data in violation of state law, watchdog alleges Vallejo
🔗 Police in San Diego County breaking the law sharing drivers' data San Diego County
