Privacy Harm Is Harm
17 hours ago
- #Privacy
- #Surveillance
- #Legal
- Corporations track movements via license plate scanners, creating detailed profiles without consent.
- EFF joins amicus brief in Mata v. Digital Recognition Network, challenging misuse of ALPR data.
- California's privacy laws aim to protect against surveillance without requiring proof of additional harm.
- Digital Recognition Network (DRN Data) provides ALPR data to law enforcement and private companies.
- Weak privacy protections enable misuse, like tracking reproductive healthcare seekers or political activists.
- Strong privacy laws and a broad definition of 'harm' are needed to protect data privacy rights.
- The case highlights the importance of privacy laws having real enforcement power.