"Walk down the street and you're likelyto be recorded by one of thousandsof security cameras, some belongingto the New York Police Department,others just connected or available to the department's databases. Drive into the city and traffic cameraswill automatically photograph your car, capturing your vehicle's license plate, make, model, color, distinctive markings and even passengers. Post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or TikTok and the N.Y.P.D. can scrape and store your messages, capturing your thoughts, plans, political statements and friend groups."
"But when the news broke that the N.Y.P.D. gave the U.S. Department of Homeland Security a dossier on a Palestinian woman who had attended a protest including her personal data and a sealed arrest record it was a stark example of how much of our information law enforcement agencies are acquiring, storing and sharing, whether we know it or not."
Police in New York City collect vast personal data from everyday activities: subway entries feed identity, banking and location into city databases; thousands of cameras, both NYPD-owned and connected private systems, record pedestrians; traffic cameras photograph vehicles and occupants; social media posts are scraped and stored, capturing messages and associations. Law enforcement agencies acquire, store and share dossiers that can include sealed arrest records. The city is building expansive, often hidden repositories of data on all residents without clear limits on use. Other cities are adopting similar systems, raising substantial concerns for privacy and civil liberties.
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