Live Webinar Event: Stopping Mass Surveillance in New York
Automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) have expanded across New York, creating a growing network of cameras that record where people drive, when they travel, and who they visit. While officials promote these systems as public safety tools, they also enable the government to collect and retain detailed records about the daily movements of millions of people who have never been suspected of a crime, often without a warrant or meaningful oversight. This information can even be shared across state lines. Numerous alleged cases of abuse and misuse of this information have been documented.
Join us for a conversation about the future of license plate reader surveillance in New York and what can be done to protect privacy. We’ll discuss how ALPRs work, why they raise serious Fourth Amendment concerns, and how New Yorkers can get involved in the effort to rein in this technology both at the state and local level.
Whether you’re a concerned resident, community advocate, journalist, or policymaker, you’ll leave with a better understanding of the legal and policy landscape and concrete ways to help advance stronger privacy protections in New York.
Speakers: Corinne Worthington (S.T.O.P.), Daniel Schwarz (NYCLU), Megan Condon & Alasdair Whitney (Institute for Justice’s Plate Privacy Project), and Scarsdale resident Josh Frankel.
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