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Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers

Recently, cities and states moved to curb automated license plate readers amid privacy and ICE access worries, with Denver City Council voting to terminate its Flock Safety contract while Mike Johnston, Denver mayor, extended it.
The federal push to gather personal data prompted state resistance, with advocates warning that intelligence-sharing has allowed ICE to access local police databases, prompting legal and legislative responses.
Investigations by the Brennan Center for Justice found local police ran searches benefiting ICE, with logs indicating searches on behalf of ICE, amid privacy concerns.
Last year, conservative-led states Arkansas, Idaho and Montana enacted laws to protect license plate reader data, while five left-leaning states blocked ICE access to driver records.
Privacy and civil-liberties groups warn of a 'surveillance dragnet,' with William Owen saying, `We're entering an increasingly dystopian era of high-tech surveillance,' while law enforcement supporters praise ALPRs for solving cases.

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Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers

Kayla Bartkowski // Los Angeles Times via Getty Images As part of its deportation efforts, the Trump administration has ordered states to hand over personal data from voter rolls, driver’s license records and programs such as Medicaid and food stamps. At the same time, the administration is trying to consolidate the bits of personal data held across federal agencies, creating a single trove of information on people who live in the United State…

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