This isn't troubling at all
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/01/no-cost-license-plate-readers-are-turning-texas-police-mobile-debt-collectors-and
Yep, sounds totally legit. ::)
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Wow, there is so much wrong with this, I wouldn't even know where to begin.....
Not only are they selling the data they collect, not only are they turning our police into a "pay for play" racket complete with credit card readers in their cruisers, there's this:
"Soon after, Guadalupe County upgraded the contract to allow Vigilant to dispatch its own contractors to collect on capias warrants."
I hope crap like this results in multiple lawsuits and court challenges. And shame on you, Texas.
It's insane. The company gets all the data for as long as they want, can use it and sell it as they see fit. And the contract language prevents any kind of criticism, or even discussion with the press, by the agencies they contract with.
This nonsense started with the Speed Camera companies sweetheart deals with the law, profiting directly from issuing their own tickets.
Someone else is just pushing that snowball further down the slippery slope people have been warning about.
Best to put a final stop to such monstrosity early, before it grows to big to control.
Quote from: Nefaro on January 30, 2016, 02:11:54 AM
This nonsense started with the Speed Camera companies sweetheart deals with the law, profiting directly from issuing their own tickets.
Someone else is just pushing that snowball further down the slippery slope people have been warning about.
Best to put a final stop to such monstrosity early, before it grows to big to control.
Exactly!!! Since 9/11 we have become a highly policed state as it is. Seizure laws that profit local departments and governments have left a paper trail of abuse in their wake. And now some want to add corporate contractors to the mix??? Hell, let's simplify things and just give Brinks guards, school crossing aides and Wal-mart greeters enforcement powers. Huxley and Orwell would recognize this trend all too easily.
... but you're in the "Land of the Free" ... or so the propaganda will have us believe. :2funny: You need some decent data protection laws.
Why not get the police to do on-the-spot Organ Harvesting? Cut out the middle-man, no?
Quote from: Boggit on January 30, 2016, 06:48:57 PM
... but you're in the "Land of the Free" ... or so the propaganda will have us believe. :2funny: You need some decent data protection laws.
We have them. They're in our constitution under the 4th Amendment.
Boggit, IIRC you're in the field of law. There's a really cool series on US law on the topic found here: https://www.coursera.org/course/surveillance
I took it last year and it's pretty enlightening. And it's free! :)