We need to AT MINUMUM turn city-run cameras off until ICE isn’t a problem anymore. Pausing installations and redirecting funds to protect immigrants is great.

Doorbell cams (especially Ring ones) need to be reoriented to point away from public spaces.

OneAmerica, Planned Parenthood, Lavender Rights Project, and @acluwa.bsky.social all testified that we need *3 minute* retention time, as in New Hampshire. The original bill was 72 hours, that's bad. 21 days is much worse

Thanks! @caseyblair.bsky.social If you click the "Send mail" button near bottom of that action it will bring up a draft email to the committee chair. You can add your legislators, and optionally cc the bill sponsor, Senator Trudeau -- her address is at the bottom of the page.

It's very challenging! Glad the sources are useful

And here's one for written tesimony on HB 2332, the House version of the Driver Privacy Act regulating Flock and other ALPRs. This needs to be done by 10:30 am tomorrow.

www.takeaction.network/xactions/462...

Washington Indivisible Legislative Action has actions with links and talking points on Flock regulation. Please make sure to tell legislators to strengthen the billl.

Here's one on SB 6002, due by 8:00 am tomorrow (Wednesday). www.takeaction.network/xactions/462...

Speaking of which ...

If you're in Washington state you have until tomorrow morning to get in written testimony on the Driver Privacy Act, regulating Flock and other ALPRs ! Comments are due by 8:00 am Wednesday (1/21) on SB 6002, and by 10:30 am on HB 2332. #waleg

The key points coalition members put forward -- including 3 minute retention, block vendor access, felony warrant, no inter-agency access -- are all very important. But, it'll take some strong advocacy to make that happen.

So it'll be quite a battle going forward. Flock and law e enforcement will push to weaken it, cynically playing the "think of the victims", "investigations take a long time", and "it's more cost-efficient" cards while lying and claiming that it's not surveillance.

And we're done. Bummer, shut out twice. Not unexpected but still.

Overall, the PRO advocates were great -- really effective making points. But, by strategically testifying CON and OTHER, the opponents of strong regulation got more talking time, and they were effective too.

Many investigations start out as misdemeanors and escalate to felonies. Last speaker, bsky.app/profile/wa-p...

Retention. Misemenaor warrants. Wants limitations on damages and fees for unintentional violations where no harms have occured. Hit should be reasonable suspicion.

"it is not surveillance, it simply creates data points that we use to show probable cause. It doesn't show us who is in the car."

Washington Retail Association is testifying other -- undermine retail threat prevention. "Even vicitimized owners will be unable to share ALPR detail quickly"

Last panel coming up. Sigh, shut out again.

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Asks for misdemeanor crimes -- including hit-and-runs.

Office of Equity testifying in support. Charged with coordinating agencies related to immigration-related issues. ALPRs were a primary area of distrust in listening sessions. "Data minimization isn't a technical issue, it's a safety issue".

Faith Action Network strongly supports. Bill reflects an important principle: tech should help humanity, not harm and surveil. Without clear limits, ALPRs become agents of discrimination and overreach. Rightly prohibits surveillance near schools, health care facilisties.

Policing Project at NYU school of law. Significant risks on rights and civil liberties. Unlike traffic cameras, ALPRs caputre everybody -- and a lot of info. With AI, can track vehicle characterists, and also the vehicle's documents. A strong step forward.

Flock safety! Signed in other: support guardrails. Strongly believe can improve public safety while supporting privacy, but ... doesn't like retention, prohibition on ALPR to search for vehicle characteristics, warrant for private ALPRs.

Council of Presidents: Billl refers to schools, does this also apply to higher education?

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