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Sep
2025
The EFF and ACLU demand the SFPD stop illegally sharing license plate reader (ALPR) data with ICE and out-of-state agencies, a violation of California law that endangers immigrants and abortion seekers.
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19
Sep
2025
An opinion piece arguing that Colorado communities should disable their Flock Safety license plate reader networks. The author contends the mass surveillance system violates constitutional rights, aids controversial immigration enforcement, and chills free speech, outweighing any purported crime-fighting benefits.
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Sep
2025
18
Sep
2025
An investigation reveals how automatic license plate readers in a small Virginia town shared data on millions of vehicles with police nationwide, creating a vast surveillance network with little public oversight. A new state law now limits this practice.
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18
Sep
2025
A lawsuit in Norfolk, Virginia, reveals Flock Safety's license plate readers tracked one driver 526 times in four months, raising Fourth Amendment concerns about mass surveillance and the creation of a vast, searchable, nationwide location database used by police.
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Sep
2025
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Sep
2025
12
Sep
2025
Switzerland's new data privacy law, effective Sept 1, aims to align with GDPR but faces criticism from privacy advocates like Proton for loopholes that may still permit government surveillance and undermine user privacy.
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12
Sep
2025