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Privacy groups urge Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in California
- More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove covert license plate readers used by Border Patrol in Southern California.
- About 40 license plate readers were identified in San Diego and Imperial counties, which border Mexico, according to researchers from the groups.
- Some scholars believe that large-scale collection systems may violate the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
- CBP stated that its use of plate readers is governed by a strict policy framework to ensure responsible application and compliance with federal law.
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Privacy groups urge Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in California
More than two dozen privacy groups are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in southern California.
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More than two dozen privacy and defense organizations are urging the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, to remove a covert network of license plate readers deployed in Southern California. These organizations believe that these devices feed data to a controversial U.S. Border Patrol national predictive intelligence program that analyzes suspicious travel patterns on the country’s roads. “We request that your administration investigate and pub…
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