Weekly Privacy/Civil Rights News Stories (9/9)
EU Antitrust Chief: "Google And Facebook Are Sucking Up Data From Every Corner"https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/eu-antitrust-chief-google-and-facebook-are-sucking-data-every-corner
EU - GDPR Privacy FAQs: Can a company share personal data in response to a non-compulsory document request from a government agency?https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/gdpr-privacy-faqs-can-a-company-share-68187/
EU - Mental health websites found sharing user data for ads:https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/your-mental-health-sale
EU - The New Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register Will Be Managed By EuroJust:http://www.eurojust.europa.eu/press/PressReleases/Pages/2019/2019-09-05.aspxhttps://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/collections/eurojust
UK - Court backs police in facial recognition lawsuit:https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-court-backs-police-in-facial-recognition-lawsuit/
UK - Statement on the High Court judgement on the use of live facial recognition technology by South Wales Police:https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Press-Summary-Bridges-v-Cheif-Constable-South-Wales-Police-CO-4085-2018FINAL_-1.pdf
UK - Public attitudes on facial recognition technology:https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/beyond-face-value-public-attitudes-to-facial-recognition-technology/
UK - London Is Only The 6th Most-Surveilled City In The World:https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-07/london-only-6th-most-surveilled-city-world
UK - Hundreds of court cases go unreported every week:"A study of a single magistrates’ court based in a major UK city found there were hundreds of potential stories left untold every week, painting a grim picture” of the state of court reporting."https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hundreds-of-stories-going-untold-at-magistrates-courts-study-finds-reporting/
UK- Police Close Hairdessing School Because They Failed To Protect Students "From The Dangers Of Radicalization And Extremism"https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/disastrous-ofsted-inspection-forces-city-16853059
UK - Phone numbers linked to 18 million Facebook accounts exposed online:https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/phone-numbers-linked-to-18-million-uk-facebook-accounts-exposed-online/
UK - Middle East Eye journalist refused entry to cover arms fair:"Ian Cobain was initially told that his accreditation was being held up because the event's "security team" wanted to check that he was a suitable journalist to be covering an arms fair."https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/middle-east-eye-journalist-refused-entry-cover-uk-arms-fair
UK - Humberside Police to share drone with Fire and Rescue Service:https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2019-09-02/humberside-police-to-share-drone-with-fire-and-rescue-service/
IRL - Comparing Irish and American immigration laws:https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/comparing-immigration-laws
Lithuania - Vilnius International Airport deploys Secunet facial biometric gates:https://www.airport-technology.com/news/secunet-vilnius-airport-biometric-gates/
Russia - ‘Create a New Society’: Lawmakers Order Gene-Editing Techhttps://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/02/create-a-new-society-russian-lawmakers-order-gene-editing-tech-a67109
Russia - Government sentenced blogger to five years over 'extremist' tweet:https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/russian-blogger-sentenced-to-five-years-over-extremist-tweet-11868716
China - Government hacked Asian telcos to spy on Uighur travelers:https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/09/05/china-hacked-asian-telcos-to-spy-on-uighur-travelers/https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-very-deep-dive-into-ios-exploit.html
China- Xinhua News Agency Issues Ultimatum: "End Is Coming" For Hong Kong Protesters:https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Hong-Kong-protests/Xinhua-warns-end-is-coming-for-Hong-Kong-protesters
China - Tencent Is Suing Bloggers Who Criticize The Company For 'Reputational Damage'https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190830/11195942889/chinese-giant-tencent-is-suing-bloggers-who-criticize-company-reputational-damage.shtml
China - Macua Police will have 100 facial recognition & ALPR cameras by next year:https://macaunews.mo/100-cctv-cameras-will-have-facial-vehicle-number-plate-recognition-next-year-police/
China - Growing backlash against A.I. and facial recognition:https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/06/ai-worries-about-the-dangers-of-facial-recognition-growing-in-china.html
China - Government To Create 100 Spying Smart Cities:https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3025447/what-does-insurer-know-about-smart-cities-ping-reckons-its-big
China - HEISHA released a fixed-wing surveillance drone capable of autonomous charging:https://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2019/08/hybrid-vtol-uav-released-with-autonomous-charging/
Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Made By Chinese Company Shenzen i365 Expose Children Location Data:https://blog.avast.com/unsecure-child-trackers
Japan - Panasonic to Provide Additional Automated Facial Recognition Gates for Passport Control at Airports:https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/data/2019/08/en190830-4/en190830-4.html
Japan - Microsoft-backed facial recognition firm Anyvision, rethinks role in Hong Kong:"Civil liberties advocates, including Shankar Narayan, director of the Technology and Liberty Project at the ACLU of Washington, says that its face surveillance product Better Tomorrow includes can detect emotions and identify individuals on watch lists. AnyVision can also offers track shoppers in retail stores."https://www.fastcompany.com/90395146/microsoft-backed-facial-recognition-firm-rethinks-its-role-in-hong-kong"Better Tomorrow"http://www.anyvision.co/
India - Delhi International Airport tests facial recognition for all passengers:https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/delhi-airport-t3-begins-trial-of-facial-recognition-tech-today/article29342234.ece
Sri Lanka - Police To Use Facial Recognition Surveillance System To Allegedly Identify Criminals:http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1100543/police-to-introduce-database-facial-recognition-systems-to-identify-criminals
Nigeria - Government To Create Massive 8.5 Million Facial Recognition Pensioner Database:https://www.sunnewsonline.com/pencom-nis-join-bvn-in-biometric-unification/
Nigeria - World Bank To Inject $433m Into Government's National Biometric Identity Card Project:https://leadership.ng/2019/09/04/world-bank-to-inject-433m-into-nigerias-national-identity-card-project/
AU - Breach notification rules for new government data scheme, but no consent for sharing:https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/665951/breach-notification-rules-new-government-data-scheme-no-consent-sharing/
AU - Health engine Under Fire for Profiting from Disclosure of Patient Information:https://www.natlawreview.com/article/healthengine-under-fire-profiting-disclosure-patient-information
Cayman Islands - New Data Protection Law, 2017 Coming into Effect:https://www.securityprivacyandthelaw.com/2019/09/new-cayman-islands-data-protection-law-2017-coming-into-effect/
Barbados - Grantley Adams International Airport To Use BorderXpress facial recognition kiosks:https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/102026/barbados-border-kiosks/https://www.innovativetravelsolutions.ca/products/borderxpress/
Brazil - Consumer rights watchdog vetoes facial recognition tech:https://www.zdnet.com/article/brazils-consumer-rights-body-slams-use-of-biometrics-in-the-social-security-system/
CBP to Test Autonomous Drones for Use at the Border:https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2019/08/cbp-test-autonomous-drones-use-border/159542/
U.S. State Department Wants A “Multimodal Biometric Solution” (Fingerprints, Iris, and Facial Recognition) To Track Foreign Nationals:"Described by the department as “a derivative of the Biometric Automated Toolset (BAT), DS-THOR is currently being used to carry out DS’s multimodal biometric collection and identification processes at overseas facilities."https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=08528a7bada4409e88244a446a272eef&_cview=1
Class Action Lawsuit Claims Lowe's Secretly Uses Facial Recognition To Identify Every Customer:"Lowe’s has augmented its in-store security cameras with software that tracks individuals’ movements throughout the store using a unique scan of face geometry. Put simply, Defendants surreptitiously attempt to collect the faceprint of every person who appears in front of one of their facial-recognition cameras."https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Facial-recognition.pdf
30+ Rights Groups Launch Campaign Demanding Law Enforcement Ban on 'Authoritarian and Invasive' Facial Recognition:https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/05/30-rights-groups-launch-campaign-demanding-law-enforcement-ban-authoritarian-and
Rutherford Institute Launches Inquiry Into Government Use of Drivers’ License Photos to Build Facial Recognition Database, Track Citizens:https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/rutherford_institute_launches_inquiry_into_government_use_of_drivers_license_photos_to_build_facial_recognition_database_track_citizens
Our Face Recognition Nightmare Began Decades Ago. Now It’s Expanding:"Simone Browne rightly considers facial recognition part of the long history of the surveillance of Blackness, starting with slavery."https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3a7ym/trump-didnt-create-our-face-recognition-nightmare-hes-just-expanding-it
Smart Lidar Network Set to Unlock Missing Layer in CCTV Surveillance Technology:"A network of laser powered smart sensors that can automatically link with other types of sensors and activate CCTV cameras to provide multi-dimensional surveillance will be launched at Global Security Exchange (GSX) in Chicago next week."https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/09/smart-lidar-network-set-to-unlock-missing-layer-in-surveillance-technology-live-at-gsx-2019/
District Court Judge: Terror Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights:https://apnews.com/f8abc66af1a64cc7a5f4fba0420cfc54https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/18919913387.pdfSummary: Government’s Management of the Terrorist Screening Database Violates Citizens’ Constitutional Rightshttps://www.lawfareblog.com/summary-governments-management-terrorist-screening-database-violates-citizens-constitutional-rights
US government blacklisting system is unconstitutional:https://papersplease.org/wp/2019/09/04/us-government-blacklisting-system-is-unconstitutional/
The Secret Government Rulebook for Labeling You a Terrorist:https://theintercept.com/2014/07/23/blacklisted/
ACLU pushes House Judiciary to oppose bill criminalizing domestic terrorism:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aclu-pushes-house-judiciary-to-oppose-bill-criminalizing-domestic-terrorism/https://www.aclu.org/letter/aclu-statement-opposing-hr-4192-confronting-threat-domestic-terrorism-act
US to collect social media profiles from immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees:https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-to-collect-social-media-profiles-from-immigrants-asylum-seekers-and-refugees/
Customs Officers to use fake social media profiles to check people entering country:https://apnews.com/bce31dd84d9440b78046b167809cfe8d
Facebook Will Allegedly Apply Their Rules Against Fake Profiles To Law Enforcement:https://www.apnews.com/d867020caa62462fad2aa3848ff06ec8
The FBI Is Tracking Border Protest Groups As Extremist Organizations:https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-document-reveals-the-fbi-is-tracking-border-protest-groups-as-extremist-organizations-170050594.htmlhttps://truthout.org/articles/the-fbi-is-monitoring-immigration-activists-as-violent-extremists/
How The American Friends Service Committee Shut Down the Nation’s Largest Child Detention Center:https://truthout.org/articles/how-we-shut-down-the-nations-largest-child-detention-center/
How CIA-Backed Palantir Is Helping Police Root Out 'Thought Crimes'https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/how-peter-thiels-palantir-will-help-police-stop-thought-crimes
Fusion Centers, Citizen Spies and the Debasement of the American Character:https://www.activistpost.com/2019/09/fusion-centers-citizen-spies-and-the-debasement-of-the-american-character.html
FEC chairwoman targets online news she considers ‘fraudulent’https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/liberal-fec-chair-targets-online-news-she-considers-fraudulent
DARPA unleashes anti-meme militia to fight deepfakes & ‘polarizing’ viral content:https://www.rt.com/usa/467836-darpa-deepfakes-disinfo-malicious-dissent/https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-u-ss-own-ministry-of-truth-unleashed-the-military-to-fight-disinformation_09032019
Proposed Federal Agency Would Create Criteria to “Identify” Potentially Violent People:https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2019/09/proposed-federal-agency-would-create-criteria-to-identify-potentially-violent-people/
‘Biometric wallets’ will remove the last physical barrier between our bodies and corporate America:https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-technology-that-should-finally-make-your-wallet-obsolete-2019-09-06
Feds Demand Apple And Google Hand Over Names Of 10,000+ Users Of A Gun Scope App:https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/09/06/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app/#1b74ef692423
HARPA: America’s New Social Credit Plan Partners Big Tech and Govt to Further Gun Control Effortshttps://www.theorganicprepper.com/harpa-social-credit-big-tech-govt-gun-control/
This Has Been the Worst Year for iPhone Security Yet:https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbmgqp/this-is-worst-year-for-iphone-security-yet-2019https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2019/08/a-very-deep-dive-into-ios-exploit.html
Trump Admin Considering Using Amazon Echo And Apple Watch To Determine If Citizens Should Own A Gun:https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/22/trump-gun-control-background/
The Plan to Use Fitbit Data to Stop Mass Shootings Is One of the Scariest Proposals Yet:https://gizmodo.com/the-plan-to-use-fitbit-data-to-stop-mass-shootings-is-o-1837710691
Google Confirms DOJ Scrutiny, Says It Must Hand Over Antitrust Records:https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/03/google-emerges-target-new-state-attorneys-general-antitrust-probe/
Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Facebook meet FBI, Homeland Security to discuss how to ‘secure’ US elections:https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/google-twitter-microsoft-facebook-officials-security-election
NestHub Max To Use Google's Biometric "Face Match"https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9320885
Tech Investor: Google And Amazon Use Smart Speakers For Mass Surveillancehttps://www.activistpost.com/2019/09/tech-investor-google-and-amazon-use-smart-speakers-for-mass-surveillance.html
Google Assistant, navigation and apps coming to GM vehicles starting in 2021:https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/05/google-assistant-navigation-and-apps-coming-to-gm-vehicles-starting-in-2021/
Google, Industry Try to Water Down First U.S. Data-Privacy Law in CA:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-04/google-industry-try-to-water-down-first-u-s-data-privacy-law
When It Comes To Privacy Don't Believe Google:"Last week, Google announced a plan to build a more private web. The announcement post was, frankly, a mess. The company that tracks user behavior on over ⅔ of the web said that Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do.”https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/dont-play-googles-privacy-sandbox-1
Google 'leaked' personal data to other companies:https://thehill.com/policy/technology/459857-google-leaked-personal-data-to-other-companies-rival-claims
Amazon tests Whole Foods payment system that uses hands as ID:https://nypost.com/2019/09/03/amazon-testing-payment-system-that-uses-hands-as-id/
Amazon’s smart home plans would sound great if Ring itself was less frightening:https://www.fastcompany.com/90397950/rings-smart-home-plans-would-sound-great-if-ring-itself-was-less-frightening
Amazon’s ‘smart’ doorbell allows customers to spy on ‘minorities minding their own f**ng business’https://www.rt.com/usa/468350-amazon-ring-police-lee-camp/
Ring Has Given ‘Active Camera’ Maps of Its Customers to Police:https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjwmem/ring-has-given-active-camera-maps-of-its-customers-to-police
Five Concerns about Amazon Ring’s Deals with Police:https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/five-concerns-about-amazon-rings-deals-police
Amazon is ramping up its fight to take over your living room:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5cM36NDnjo
YouTube to pay only $170 million penalty for secretly collecting data on kids:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-ftc/googles-youtube-to-pay-170-million-penalty-for-collecting-data-on-kids-idUSKCN1VP1RR
Youtube Thought Police have removed more than 100,000 videos, 17,000 channels, and 500 million comments since April:https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/tech/youtube-hate-speech/index.htmlhttps://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/09/the-four-rs-of-resonsibility-remove.html
New York, 7 other states and D.C. launch antitrust investigation into Facebook:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/06/new-york-announces-antitrust-investigation-into-facebook-kicking-off-bipartisan-effort/
Facial recognition becomes opt-in feature at Facebook:https://news.yahoo.com/facial-recognition-becomes-opt-feature-facebook-205713280.htmlhttps://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/update-face-recognition/
ManTech (Intelligence Company) Awarded $325M DHS Contract:https://investor.mantech.com/press-releases/press-release-details/mantech-awarded-325-million-contract-department-homelandhttps://www.mantech.com/capabilities/data-collection-and-analytics
U.S. DoD awarded Planck Aerosystems $2 million for mobile tethered drones:https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2019/08/29/news-release-st-awards-200k-san-diego-company-suas-testing
Behaviosec Allows Companies To Secretly Use Behavioral Biometrics To Identify Customers And Assign Them Risk Scores:"The software stack uses lightweight SDKs with on-premises or cloud hosted servers. Data analysis is available in real-time through adaptable, continuous scoring, feeding into any risk engine."https://www.behaviosec.com/
Over 120 Groups Call on Congress to Back Constitutional Amendment Overturning Citizens United:https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/05/over-120-groups-call-congress-back-constitutional-amendment-overturning-citizens
Carpenter and Everything After: The Supreme Court Nudges the Fourth Amendment into the Information Agehttps://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3be7cb7d-d70f-4bd5-99c3-907c096012ed
Website Shows the Security Risks of Your Smart Devices:https://yourthings.info/
Website allows people to opt out of all the data sharing you wouldn't opt in to:https://simpleoptout.com/
The Verge Guide To Privacy & Security:https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/6/20802082/online-privacy-security-protection-guide-how-to-data-identity-theft-harassment-apple-google-facebook
Mental Health websites share data with advertisers and leak depression test results:https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/Your%20mental%20health%20for%20sale%20-%20Privacy%20International.pdf
Is the U.S. Government the Enemy of the People? America’s Lost Liberties, Post-9/11https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/is_the_u.s._government_the_enemy_of_the_people_americas_lost_liberties_post_9_11
Study: Drug-Related Asset Forfeitures Are Down 34.1 percent From A Decade Ago:https://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/civil/573/
Police use of force data ‘a huge mess’ across the U.S.http://gatehousenews.com/police-use-of-force-data-a-huge-mess-across-the-u-s/
Do Algorithms Have a Place in Policing?https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/do-algorithms-have-place-policing/596851/
Criminal Justice Reform Turns To Police Credibility Issues (Lying):https://www.courthousenews.com/criminal-justice-reform-turns-to-list-of-problem-officers/https://colorofchange.org/press_release/guilty-verdict-signals-necessary-shift-police/
Police commissioner Ronal Serpas opposes letting the defense know about police credibility issues:https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2019/0903/When-DA-doesn-t-consider-an-officer-reliable-should-public-know
Rekor Launches The "Rekor Public Safety Network" That Gives Law Enforcement Agencies Access To MASSIVE Amounts Of ALPR Data :"The company is initially launching the network by aggregating vehicle data from customers in over 30 states. With thousands of automatic license plate reading cameras currently in service that capture approximately 150 million plate reads per month, the network is expected to be live by the first quarter of 2020."https://rekorsystems.com/network/https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/machine-vision-alpr/rekor-launches-public-safety-network-of-alpr-data-for-law-enforcement-agencies.htmlhttps://rekorsystems.com/news/rekor-systems-launches-public-safety-network/United States Department of Defense Increases Deployment of Rekor Technology:https://rekorsystems.com/news/united-states-department-of-defense-increases-deployment-of-rekor-technology/
Louisiana Court Case Reveals Extensive Police Driver Tracking System Using ALPR's:http://thenewspaper.com/news/67/6786.asp
EPIC Urges Supreme Court to Limit Traffic Stops Based Solely on Owner's License Status:https://epic.org/2019/09/in-amicus-brief-epic-urges-sup-1.htmlhttps://reason.com/2019/09/10/the-supreme-courts-next-big-fourth-amendment-case/
DMVs Are Selling Your Data to Private Investigators:https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-private-investigators-making-millions-of-dollars
Experts Fear Networked Self-Driving Cars May Fuel 'Big Brother' Police State:https://www.hotcars.com/experts-fear-networked-self-driving-cars-may-fuel-big-brother-police-state/
When can parents view school surveillance photos and videos?https://www.timesnews.net/Education/2019/09/02/When-can-parents-look-at-school-surveillance-photos-and-videos
When Teens Are Treated Like Child Pornographers For Sexting:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teens-child-pornography-sexting_n_5d6ff6d1e4b09bbc9ef8f108
9/11 & The Road To America's Orwellian Hell:https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/2002-landmarks-on-the-road-to-1984-orwellian-hell/
The secret weapon the U.S. government could deploy against Bitcoin:https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614278/the-us-government-has-a-hidden-weapon-it-could-deploy-against-bitcoin/
Bitcoin IRA Creates A New Facial Recognition Tracking System For Retirees, Called The "Advanced Biometric Security" Platform:"The ABS biometric security process uses machine learning, face-based biometrics and verification to confirm the identity of the person performing self-trades on the Bitcoin IRA platform."https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitcoin-ira-now-offers-advanced-biometric-security-for-its-247-self-trading-ira-platform-300911215.html
Pentagon Wants to Silence Critics by Burying Real News:https://washingtonsblog.com/2019/09/pentagon-wants-to-silence-critics-by-crushing-real-news.html
Trump allies raise money to target reporters:https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-campaign-trump-allies-journalists-6733432f-b008-45d3-99c2-9dca7931faff.html
MA - Brookline to consider facial recognition ban:https://brookline.wickedlocal.com/news/20190829/brookline-to-consider-facial-recognition-ban
MA - 'Outrageous Behavior' as Boston Judge Holds National Lawyers Guild Attorney in Contempt for Reading Case Law in Court:https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/04/outrageous-behavior-boston-judge-holds-national-lawyers-guild-attorney-contempt
MA - Boston judge won’t let DA dismiss protest cases; standoff ensueshttps://theappeal.org/boston-judge-wont-let-da-dismiss-cases-standoff-ensues/
MA - Judge warns protesters 'Stay out of Boston'https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/09/03/judge-warns-protesters-stay-out-of-boston/
MA - "We've Seen This Before," Never Again Action Protesters Shut Down Amazon Offices in Boston:https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/06/because-weve-seen-never-again-action-protesters-shut-down-amazon-offices-boston
NJ - 15-year-old boy slammed to the ground, handcuffed and arrested for running a stop sign on a bicycle:https://abc7ny.com/njit-officers-suspended-after-arrest-video-shared-on-social-media/5503486/ https://twitter.com/____oge/status/1166146415392935936/video/1
NY - Appeals Court Allows "Parents For Megan's Law" A Non-Profit, To Verify Sex-Offenders Addresses For Law Enforcement:https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/18-1602_opn.pdf
NY- NYC Mayor Is Considering Requiring Cyclists To Have Licenses And Registrations:https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-05/bill-de-blasio-considering-requiring-nyc-cyclists-have-licenses-and-registrations-0
NY - The New York State Department of Education To Use Facial Recognition To Allegedly Identify Sex Offenders:https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/education/lockport-school-board-adopts-revised-securityprivacy-policy/71-6e8f6e54-90d2-439b-901f-86d8fdb4cf07
NY - Lawmakers to suspend drivers licenses for disobeying a traffic control device, speeding more than 10 miles an hour over the speed limit and much more:https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2019/09/lawmakers-eye-mandate-for-drivers-license-suspension/
NY - Lockport Schools pull faces from facial recognition system; will allegedly only track gunshttps://www.wkbw.com/news/i-team/i-team-lockport-schools-pull-faces-from-facial-recognition-system-will-only-track-gunsAEGIS Facial Recognition:http://www.sntechnologies.ca/home/
PA - Merck Sharp & Dohme Federal Credit Union To Begin Using Biometric Palm Readers:"Merck Sharp & Dohme FCU serves nearly 30,000 employees and contractors of Merck & Company Inc. in addition to several other chartered segments and is one of the largest credit unions in Pennsylvania."https://newsroom.fiserv.com/news-releases/news-release-details/merck-sharp-dohme-federal-credit-union-goes-big-biometrics
PA - More than 100 additional security cameras to spy on Luzerne County government properties:https://www.timesleader.com/news/754489/more-security-cameras-coming-to-luzerne-county-properties
LA - Court rules New Orleans must refund more than $25 million red light camera tickets:https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/orleans/court-rules-new-orleans-must-refund-more-than-25-million-red-light-camera-tickets/289-c3657f32-c5d2-467e-8117-3d357a1afbd2
FL - People Who Can't Pay Their Court Fees Will Lose Their License:https://thecrimereport.org/2019/09/06/cant-pay-court-fees-in-florida-you-could-lose-your-drivers-license/
MI - Grieving dad jailed for repeatedly criticizing court system in Macomb County:https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/macomb-county/grieving-dad-jailed-for-repeatedly-criticizing-court-system-in-macomb-county
MI - Bill Would Put Electronic Communications and Data Privacy Amendment on the Ballot:https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2019/09/michigan-bill-would-put-electronic-communications-and-data-privacy-amendment-on-the-ballot/
OH - Police Chief defends speed cameras against claims of money grab:https://myfox28columbus.com/news/local/franklin-township-police-chief-defends-speed-cameras-against-claims-of-money-grab
OH - Bergholz Cop Demands Bicyclist Show His ID Because He Gets "Paid To Find Out Who's In Town"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j8G-yOCySg
IL - State prison violated the constitution when they carried out a mass strip-search of incarcerated women:https://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/women-prison/stripped-their-rights
IL - Appeals Court Ruled Police Can Detain Bicyclists For Swearing:https://courts.illinois.gov/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2019/4thDistrict/4170064.pdf
MS - Kansas City news outlets called scores of people ‘violent criminals’ based solely on the word of police and the federal government:https://theappeal.org/mass-arrests-kansas-city/
IN - State & Local Police Use Automatic License Plate Readers:"The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Indiana State Police both use automatic license plate readers. IMPD renewed their investment in the technology, putting new license plate scanners in the 2019 budget."https://www.wishtv.com/news/i-team-8/automatic-license-plate-readers-used-in-central-indiana/
AK - ‘No Knock’ Warrants Spur Wave Of Civil Rights Lawsuits In Little Rock:https://theappeal.org/no-knock-warrants-arkansas/
MN - Parent files lawsuit against Edina School District for alleged 'strip' search of 8-year-old student:https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/parent-files-lawsuit-against-edina-school-district-for-alleged-strip-search-of-8-year-old-student/89-9b32b193-2f86-428a-b602-b548bdc6fdfc
MN - Law Enforcement is Making a Killing Off of Civil Asset Forfeiture:https://www.theadvocates.org/2019/09/minnesota-is-making-a-killing-off-of-civil-asset-forfeiture/
TX - Assistant police chief said that murders, home invasions and armed robberies would increase if they cannot arrest pot smokers:Austin Police Department Assistant Chief Troy Gay said, "this could potentially increase violent offenses, home invasions, and robberies."https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2019-09-06/council-community-urge-apd-to-halt-marijuana-arrests/
TX - New law could prevent miscommunication with police:"A person who brings a doctor’s note to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will then have a code associated with his or her license plate number. That code will appear for an officer when he or she looks it up during a traffic stop."https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/29/autism-new-law-police/
TX - Controversial New License Plate Scanners Installed in Pct. 3 Patrol Vehicle:https://www.coveringkaty.com/fort_bend/controversial-new-license-plate-scanners-installed-in-pct-patrol-vehicle/article_8597d5e0-cb0c-11e9-9c55-93fc64667d87.html
WA - Spokane County Offers Public a Way to Analyze Police Use of Force:https://my.spokanecity.org/opo/analysis/
WA - Police Call A Burger Food Truck "Suspicious Because It Has California Plates:https://q13fox.com/2019/09/05/suspicious-activity-police-spot-in-n-out-truck-in-tukwila/https://www.facebook.com/TukwilaPD/photos/a.1727154474200791/2229419497307617/?type=3
CA - "The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition" Exposes Suspicious Activity Reports And PredPol's Predictive Policing Campaign:https://stoplapdspying.org/author/slapds/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/do-algorithms-have-place-policing/596851/
CA - Lawsuit Claims a Sacramento Deputy Unlawfully Arrested Activist Who Protested Clearing Of Homeless Encampment:https://theappeal.org/sacramento-homeless-arrest/
CA - Delta Air Lines will use facial recognition cameras at LAX boarding gates:https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-05/delta-air-lines-will-use-facial-recognition-cameras-at-lax-boarding-gates
CA - What should we do about L.A. sheriff’s deputies with histories of misconduct?https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-30/villanueva-brady-lasd-sheriff-supreme-court
CA - It's no longer a crime not to help a police officer:https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/us/california-police-help-trnd/index.html
CA - NDP leader invite spurred privacy complaint:"Political party wrong to collect, use private data, watchdog says."https://www.nsnews.com/ndp-leader-invite-spurred-privacy-complaint-1.23931610
CA - San Francisco Board of Supervisors designates NRA domestic terrorist organization:http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/san-francisco-board-of-supervisors-designates-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization
CA - City Board Applauded for Labeling NRA 'Domestic Terrorist Organization'https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/05/why-i-love-san-francisco-city-board-applauded-labeling-nra-domestic-terrorist
CA - Forced biometric unlock of suspect device blocked by another judge:https://www.law.com/therecorder/2019/08/30/another-northern-district-magistrate-weighs-in-on-forced-use-of-biometrics-to-unlock-devices/
CA - San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office unveils surveillance drone:
https://www.recordnet.com/news/20190828/robocop-20-sjs-newest-crime-fighting-stars-can-save-time-manpower---and-liveshttp://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/news/sheriff-s-department-unveils-bomb-squad-robot/article_1ea3ee94-cab9-11e9-918d-1fe856d37b76.html