California Judgment El Kajon because of police use of registration plates data

From Wendy FryCalmness

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California General Prosecutor Slave Today he filed a case against the city of El Kajon, accusing his police department of repeated violation of state legislation, sharing data on automated registration plates (ALPR) with law enforcement authorities in more than two dozens of countries.

The trial comes at a time of enhanced concern for immigrants and women looking for reproductive careS Once the data has left California, it can be accessible to agencies in countries with various policies regarding these populations.

California has adopted a state law nearly a decade ago, limiting how police agencies are processing data collected by readers of registration plates. The camera systems automatically register the plate number, the time, date and location of the passing vehicles. Later, detectives can use this data to prove that a person has been in a certain place at some point, an instrument that is said to help them resolve crimes.

The law prohibits state and local agencies from sharing this data with federal or outside state authorities, mainly because after the information leaves California, the state loses supervision of how the information is used.

“That is why California’s legislation has adopted (law) – to ensure that information about Californians remains here in California,” Bont said Bont on Friday in the announcement of the trial. “Still, El Kajon deliberately and repeatedly refuses to comply with state legislation, threatening the privacy and safety of people in its community.”

The main one was an Occon He said he was convinced that the city would prevail in any lawsuit brought by the state for its AlPR practices. He described the state’s case of the state as a super power.

“We are a sovereign city and we are acting within the law,” Wales said. The mayor said the city shared the data with other countries, “because they also give us information about potential bad guys who have come to El Kajon. The crime does not stop at the border. We have people from other states all the time we have arrested as a result (technology).”

Privacy defenders and immigrants rights have long warned that when the data from the registration plates find themselves in federal databases, it can be used against immigrant communities. In recent years, immigration and application of customs and border patrol have been found to access local registration plates, using them to identify people to deport, the court records show.

This risk, solid bonus, undermines the trust between law enforcement agencies and residents of immigrants. “As the Trump administration continues to focus on immigrant communities in California, it is important that state and local law enforcement be considered as an instrument for improving the President’s mass deportment program,” Bont said.

Wales described these concerns as “ridiculous”. “We don’t share information with ICE … and we don’t have planned parenting cameras. We don’t do this. It seems ridiculous that they would like to take a legitimate instrument to enforce liberal fantasy.”

According to court documents, El Kajon shared data with agencies in states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Wisconsin and Virginia – all places where reproductive rights and protection for immigrants differ sharply from California.

Discovering Bont in El Kajong comes just like the veto of Gavor Gavin Newsom Governor Senate Bill 274A measure that would go further in regulating technology. This would tighten the regulations on how agencies use the data, including the requirement to delete within 60 days and the appointment of random audits. The governor has come to law enforcement groups who claim that the law may prevent criminal investigations.

The case brought to the Supreme Court of San Diego asks a judge to announce the practices for sharing El Kajon’s data illegal and to order the city to stop.

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