US lawmakers led by Bernie Sanders introduce the Ban Flock Act to block the government from using the surveillance tech, but citizens say it 'should go beyond ALPRs'
- A new Ban Flock Act has been introduced in Congress
- It cites privacy concerns over camera tracking systems
- All ALPRs are covered, not just those made by Flock
The momentum behind banning Flock cameras and other surveillance tech continues to build, with Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley, together with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, filing a new Ban Flock Act that does exactly what you might expect given its name.
As TechCrunch reports though, it goes beyond Flock: the bill covers all automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), and would stop federal agencies from acquiring, possessing, accessing or otherwise using one of these devices.
Exceptions could be approved by Congress, the bill states, with toll collection one use case that would be exempt from the rules. If any exemptions did get cleared. data retention would be limited to 48 hours.
The proposed ban is at the federal level, which means states...
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