ABC7: Mountain View suspends license plate readers; agencies accessed flock camera data without consent

"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Mountain View is shutting down their license plate reader system, for now.

City officials say an audit discovered that for several months in 2024 - multiple federal agencies accessed data from a Flock license plate reader...."

https://abc7news.com/post/mountain-view-suspends-license-plate-readers-federal-agencies-accessed-flock-safety-camera-data-permission/18536718/

#flock #alpr #privacy

ABC7: Mountain View suspends license plate readers; agencies accessed flock camera data without consent

"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of Mountain View is shutting down their license plate reader system, for now.

City officials say an audit discovered that for several months in 2024 - multiple federal agencies accessed data from a Flock license plate reader...."

https://abc7news.com/post/mountain-view-suspends-license-plate-readers-federal-agencies-accessed-flock-safety-camera-data-permission/18536718/

#flock #alpr #privacy

#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

#Kansas Town Uses #LicensePlateReaders to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Police in #Lenexa , Kansas used automated license plate reader ( #ALPR ) technology to pursue a man who wrote a critical op-ed about the police department, according to reporting by Kansas public radio station #KCUR. This is a rare public example of exactly the kind of #abuse that we’ve long warned against when it comes to mass-surveillance systems like #licenseplate readers.
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer

The Washington state legislative session starts Monday, so it's a good time to start paying attention to the #waleg hashtag!

We're tracking several privacy and tech justice bills, including HR 2112 - age verification legislation, somewhat similar to KOSA - which has a hearing next Friday morning.

There's also #ALPR (automated license plate reader) legislation) Sen. Trudeau's SB 6002 and Rep. Salahuddin's HB 2332.

And there are various AI-related bills ... and more. Stay tuned!

"Yet when we examine how many times the San Bruno Police Department queried the Riverside County Sheriff’s license plate reader database in the sole month of May 2025, the number of queries is 1,791, almost as many times as San Bruno reported crimes in the entire previous year. Extrapolated out to 12 months, that suggests 21,492 queries a year or 11.8 times the annual crime rate in a jurisdiction over 400 miles away. Why are all of these plates being run?" #ALPR https://oaklandprivacy.org/automated-license-plate-reader-use-doesnt-add-up/

The Washington state legislative session starts Monday, so it's a good time to start paying attention to the #waleg hashtag!

We're tracking several privacy and tech justice bills, including HR 2112 - age verification legislation, somewhat similar to KOSA - which has a hearing next Friday morning.

There's also #ALPR (automated license plate reader) legislation) Sen. Trudeau's SB 6002 and Rep. Salahuddin's HB 2332.

And there are various AI-related bills ... and more. Stay tuned!

"Yet when we examine how many times the San Bruno Police Department queried the Riverside County Sheriff’s license plate reader database in the sole month of May 2025, the number of queries is 1,791, almost as many times as San Bruno reported crimes in the entire previous year. Extrapolated out to 12 months, that suggests 21,492 queries a year or 11.8 times the annual crime rate in a jurisdiction over 400 miles away. Why are all of these plates being run?" #ALPR https://oaklandprivacy.org/automated-license-plate-reader-use-doesnt-add-up/

Inside #Uzbekistan 's nationwide license plate #surveillance system | TechCrunch

We know this because the country’s sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left #exposed to the internet.

#Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a #password , allowing anyone access to the data within. It’s not clear how long the system has been public
#alpr #privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system/

Inside #Uzbekistan 's nationwide license plate #surveillance system | TechCrunch

We know this because the country’s sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left #exposed to the internet.

#Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a #password , allowing anyone access to the data within. It’s not clear how long the system has been public
#alpr #privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system/

A remarkable outcome for a large group of local Colorado activists last night. In Longmont, a Denver suburb northeast of Boulder, more than 50 people testified last night to city council (and more than 90 people came to the council meeting) about their pending renewal of a contract with Flock, the ALPR company that has been under fire for its surveillance capitalism. DeFlock Longmont, the group that organized the public comment scrum, won a victory when city council voted not to renew the contract at the end of the hours-long meeting.

Public comment was at times serious and other times silly, but unanimous in opposition to the city renewing their contract. Public safety officials, including the chief of Longmont Police, testified after the public comment period that the Flock cameras had been instrumental in stopping a number of dangerous incidents and arresting people who committed violent crimes.

I hope you're following this, @404mediaco because we are not going to stop with just this one city.

Read the story here:

https://yellowscene.com/2025/12/10/longmont-residents-win-fight-against-ai-surveillance/

edit: added BRL story:

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/12/11/longmont-halts-flock-license-plate-reader-data-sharing-and-weighs-ending-contract-as-boulder-plans-to-renew/

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj3UlteWHE

#COpolitics #Colorado #Longmont #Flock #ALPR #resistance

Pump the Brakes: Regulating License Plate Readers -- a webinar from ACLU of Washington next Wednesday (December 10), 5:30-6:30 pm Pacific Standard time (UTC -8)

"In this webinar, we'll discuss how ALPRs work, why the lack of regulation threatens our civil rights and enables federal overreach, and how you can take action to fight back.

https://www.aclu-wa.org/event/pump-the-brakes-regulating-license-plate-readers/

#alpr #flock

A remarkable outcome for a large group of local Colorado activists last night. In Longmont, a Denver suburb northeast of Boulder, more than 50 people testified last night to city council (and more than 90 people came to the council meeting) about their pending renewal of a contract with Flock, the ALPR company that has been under fire for its surveillance capitalism. DeFlock Longmont, the group that organized the public comment scrum, won a victory when city council voted not to renew the contract at the end of the hours-long meeting.

Public comment was at times serious and other times silly, but unanimous in opposition to the city renewing their contract. Public safety officials, including the chief of Longmont Police, testified after the public comment period that the Flock cameras had been instrumental in stopping a number of dangerous incidents and arresting people who committed violent crimes.

I hope you're following this, @404mediaco because we are not going to stop with just this one city.

Read the story here:

https://yellowscene.com/2025/12/10/longmont-residents-win-fight-against-ai-surveillance/

edit: added BRL story:

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/12/11/longmont-halts-flock-license-plate-reader-data-sharing-and-weighs-ending-contract-as-boulder-plans-to-renew/

Watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj3UlteWHE

#COpolitics #Colorado #Longmont #Flock #ALPR #resistance