April 29, 2018 • ACLU,
Automatic Traffic Enforcement,
Drone,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
ILLINOIS,
LEGISLATION,
LOS ANGELES,
NEWSLETTER,
POLICING FOR PROFIT,
PRIVACY,
SAFETY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP Traffic stops are often one of the most dangerous situations for law enforcement (not to mention for motorists as many recent events have proven). The unknown can escalate a situation beyond safe. Police departments are now turning to drones to help alleviate some of the danger involved. Under tight regulations, drones can indeed become a […]
April 8, 2018 • ALABAMA,
ARIZONA,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
FLORIDA,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Real ID,
TEXAS,
WASHINGTON Personal information privacy seems to be a fluid construct these days. We give our information to social media companies like Facebook who sell the information for gain (Cambridge Analytica Scandal). We also give our private information directly to marketers if we enter any online contest, ask for information online about products or fill out an […]
February 25, 2018 • COLORADO,
Digital Driver's License,
Driver's License,
EMAIL NEWSLETTER,
Facial Recognition,
IDAHO,
IOWA,
MARYLAND,
NEWSLETTER,
PRIVACY,
Technology,
TRAFFIC STOP,
WASHINGTON D.C.,
WYOMING Many states currently allow digital proof of insurance during a traffic stop. Will a digital driver’s license or DDL be too far behind? After several years of testing, the state of Iowa will debut later in 2018 a digital driver’s license in cooperation with “augmented identity” specialists IDEMIA, a company that works with about 80 […]
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatal Blog. Why is the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) allowing a foreign company to use covert automatic license plate readers (ALPR), to spy on American motorists? ESLAG, a company owned by Italian high-tech giant Leonardo, is selling its surveillance services to U.S. law enforcement […]
From guest writer, Joe Cadillic, of the MassPrivatal blog The future of privacy in big cities is bleak—cities are now getting paid to convert street lights into spying SmartNodes. What are SmartNodes you ask? SmartNodes will soon replace street lights, because they are equipped with cameras, microphones, speakers, etc., all-in-one light pole. For example, the […]
