https://media.privacyinternational.org/videos/watch/518b49c4-1f53-4411-87d3-3c582112a5d0 Police in the US are being caught using surveillance tools to stalk partners, ex-partners and family members. According to 404 Media, one officer searched an ex-girlfriend’s license plate 69 times over the summer using Flock, an automated license plate reader network used by police to track cars. At least 18 officers have reportedly been caught stalking a romantic interest in the last few years. When institutions collect data at scale, it can be misused. The best safeguard is to not collect the data at all. #police #surveillance #privacy #flock #flocksafety #licenseplatereader #alpr #licenseplate #policesurveillance #statesurveillance #datacollection #data #dataprivacy #digitalrights #civilrights #civilliberties #warrantlesssurveillance #tracking #locationtracking #cars #technology #tech #bigdata #auditlogs #accountability #policeaccountability #stalking #safeguards #privacyrights #dataprotection #digitalfreedom #travel #tracking Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:27:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://media.privacyinternational.org https://media.privacyinternational.org/lazy-static/avatars/5c7454e0-676b-43a0-8933-4867d0c1f2e6.png https://media.privacyinternational.org/videos/watch/518b49c4-1f53-4411-87d3-3c582112a5d0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://media.privacyinternational.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.