EFFecting Change: Get the Flock Out of Our City
Summary
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is hosting a livestream event to discuss the growing resistance against Flock ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) contracts in cities across the U.S. The event will cover the legal implications of the data collected by these systems, successful campaigns against their deployment, and the consequences for privacy and freedom.
IFF Assessment
The article discusses efforts to limit surveillance technology, which is good news for defenders of civil liberties.
Severity
Defender Context
This article is about the potential for abuse of ALPR data and the fight to limit its usage. Defenders should be aware of the privacy concerns surrounding ALPR and related surveillance technologies. They should also be aware of the potential for such data to be used in discriminatory ways or to chill First Amendment rights.