"There's a lot of us now that are potentially part of a targeted population, and so these records of our movements are concerning,"
"It gives them a complete map of a person's movements. This network has been built up, it can be used this way, and it might be."
San Jose police allowed other California law-enforcement agencies as recently as last June to search data from the city's network of automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras on apparent behalf of federal authorities. Critics contend those searches likely violated state laws intended to protect residents and immigrants from unreasonable government tracking. San Jose denies wrongdoing. Similar concerns and actions have arisen in Oakland, Santa Cruz and Berkeley, including a lawsuit, a city council vote to stop using cameras, and tightened access with a scheduled community meeting. Critics warn the network can map movements and be used for broader targeting, including by immigration authorities.
Read at The Mercury News
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