New Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology
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New Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology
"Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement "free" access to surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. The result is predictable: serious accountability gaps and data pipelines to other entities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that expose millions of... SAN FRANCISCO - California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to put automated license plate readers along border highways,"
"The result is predictable: serious accountability gaps and data pipelines to other entities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that expose millions of... SAN FRANCISCO - California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Imperial Valley Equity &..."
Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have supplied local law enforcement with surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. That supply has created predictable accountability gaps and enabled data pipelines that share information with other entities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). California faces calls to revoke permits that allow federal agencies, including Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to deploy automated license plate readers along border highways. The deployments collect large volumes of location and movement data from millions of vehicles. Advocacy groups call for permit revocations to restore oversight and protect privacy.
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