By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece was first posted in June 2019 as NMA E-Newsletter #545. GeekWire posted last month that Portland, Oregon quietly launched a controversial mobile location data project with partner Sidewalk Labs (a subsidiary of Alphabet–which is the parent company of Google). In this year-long pilot program, the […]
156 Blog Posts From the PRIVACY Tag
Profound Privacy Risks without our Consent
October 25, 2019 • 0 Comments • ACLU, CELL PHONE, Driver's License, Facial Recognition, license plate readers, NMA, PRIVACY, Technology
The Safe Drivers Act is A Real-Time National Driver Surveillance Program
By guest writer Joe Cadillic, editor of the MassPrivatel Blog. A new Senate bill, called the Safe Drivers Act (H.R. 4531), would create a real-time national driver surveillance program. A local Massachusetts TV report revealed that law enforcement would know anything and everything about a driver at the click of a button. MA Congressman Seth Moulton […]
Police Misconduct Costs Taxpayers More Than Just Money
This post first appeared in August 2019 as the NMA E-Newsletter #502. Society has trouble talking about police misconduct in any meaningful way. If we question police actions, it looks as if we don’t support them. In reality, most of us do support the brave men and women who put themselves on the line every day […]
You’re in Good Hands with Auto Insurance Surveillance (Yeah, Right!)
Imagine if your insurance company knew immediately every time you drove faster than any speed limit, anywhere. Or that you failed to come to a complete dead stop at every stop sign before proceeding regardless of the need to come to a complete dead stop. Your insurance company also knew that you drove eight hours straight to visit […]
Massive 30-State, Real-Time ALPR Database Revealed: NMA E-Newsletter #558
September 23, 2019 • 0 Comments • ALPR, Infrastructure, LICENSE PLATE, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology, TRAFFIC STOP
By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the Massprivatel Blog Our worst fears about automatic license plate readers (ALPR) are coming to fruition, and no one in public understands just how much our privacy will be invaded. This summer, I warned everyone on my blog, and in the NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #554, that police in Arizona […]
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