Tell Seattle City Council to ban surveillance pricing — and reject all amendments that add loopholes, weaken enforcement, and carve in surveillance technologies

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A big red circle with a slash over the words "surveillance pricing"

Click here to bring up a draft mail to Seattle City Council in your email program — or see the other suggestions below Surveillance pricing (also known as algorithmic price-based discrimination) is where corporations use vast quantities of personal data to set individualized prices … in other words, charge you more if they think they … Read more

FISA fake “deadline” June 12. Will Schrier, MGP, and Strickland side with Republicans again?

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UPDATE: Congress didn’t reauthorise FISA Section 702!  See EFF’s Victory! 702 has Expired! and Get FISA Right’s What next on FISA Section 702? Good question! for more details.  Thanks everybody who took action! Congress is once again voting on whether to reauthorize FISA Section 702’s warrantless surveillance — and potentially introduce reforms.  Get FISA Right’s … Read more

Bipartisan amendment to ban Flock and other ALPRs fails — but there’s support for regulation

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A grid with red, green, and gray boxes showing the votes on Amendment 221. Overall, there are 20 yes votes and 44 no votes. Larsen and Strickland are both in red, indicating they voted no.

The proposed amendment to prohibit federal highway fund recipients from using Flock and other automated license plate readers (ALPRs) for any purpose except tolling failed 20-44 yesterday.  The good news is that legislators from both parties acknowledged the abuses of ALPRs, and most agreed on the need for some regulation. And to be honest, 20 … Read more

Say no to Flock and ALPRs: ask Congress to limit ALPR usage for federal highway fund recipients

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A Flock surveillance camera on a light pole, with a big red circle and slash on top.

In A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide, Dell Cameron reports for Wired: US lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment Thursday at a House committee markup hearing that would prohibit any recipient of federal highway funding from using automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling—a sweeping restriction that, if … Read more

FISA warrantless surveillance: Congress is voting on reauthorization this week

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Congress is once again voting on whether to reauthorize FISA Section 702’s warrantless surveillance — and potentially introduce reforms.  Get FISA Right’s FISA Reauth state of play: new “deadline” April 30 is an overview of the complex political situation, with a dozen Republicans pushing back against attempts by Speaker Johnson and the Trump administration to … Read more