Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have mined state driver’s license databases using facial recognition technology, analyzing millions of motorists’ photos without their knowledge.
Post by downtoearth on Jul 8, 2019 11:20:18 GMT -5
How is this not a violation of privacy at some level? I don't understand how these 2 or 3 states just let this happen and have a process that isn't protective of license information and photos? I am so glad privacy experts and lawyers are going to fight this. The states should also be fighting this - there should not be whole data acquisition like this to randomly grab potential immigrants' information. There should be a specific criminal law beyond being an immigrant or in the country before ICE gets this type of power!
In at least three states that offer driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, ICE officials have requested to comb through state repositories of license photos, according to newly released documents. At least two of those states, Utah and Vermont, complied, searching their photos for matches, those records show.
In the third state, Washington, agents authorized administrative subpoenas of the Department of Licensing to conduct a facial recognition scan of all photos of license applicants, though it was unclear whether the state carried out the searches. In Vermont, agents only had to file a paper request that was later approved by Department of Motor Vehicles employees.
The documents, obtained through public records requests by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology and first reported on by The Washington Post, mark the first known instance of ICE using facial recognition technology to scan state driver’s license databases, including photos of legal residents and citizens.
How is this not a violation of privacy at some level? I don't understand how these 2 or 3 states just let this happen and have a process that isn't protective of license information and photos? I am so glad privacy experts and lawyers are going to fight this. The states should also be fighting this - there should not be whole data acquisition like this to randomly grab potential immigrants' information. There should be a specific criminal law beyond being an immigrant or in the country before ICE gets this type of power!
In at least three states that offer driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, ICE officials have requested to comb through state repositories of license photos, according to newly released documents. At least two of those states, Utah and Vermont, complied, searching their photos for matches, those records show.
In the third state, Washington, agents authorized administrative subpoenas of the Department of Licensing to conduct a facial recognition scan of all photos of license applicants, though it was unclear whether the state carried out the searches. In Vermont, agents only had to file a paper request that was later approved by Department of Motor Vehicles employees.
The documents, obtained through public records requests by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology and first reported on by The Washington Post, mark the first known instance of ICE using facial recognition technology to scan state driver’s license databases, including photos of legal residents and citizens.
The issue isn't them looking through the system as driver's licenses are state issued and not part of a privacy law. However, I assume the issue is whether probable cause is needed to search for potential "criminals" haphazardly. Unfortunately, this is going to be more work for the ACLU and I wouldn't be shocked if this goes to SCOTUS.
FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE and a cheat way to circumvent the citizen question.
How is this not a violation of privacy at some level? I don't understand how these 2 or 3 states just let this happen and have a process that isn't protective of license information and photos? I am so glad privacy experts and lawyers are going to fight this. The states should also be fighting this - there should not be whole data acquisition like this to randomly grab potential immigrants' information. There should be a specific criminal law beyond being an immigrant or in the country before ICE gets this type of power!
The issue isn't them looking through the system as driver's licenses are state issued and not part of a privacy law. However, I assume the issue is whether probable cause is needed to search for potential "criminals" haphazardly. Unfortunately, this is going to be more work for the ACLU and I wouldn't be shocked if this goes to SCOTUS.
FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE and a cheat way to circumvent the citizen question.
Yeah, I'm not an expert by any stretch but in terms of an argument supporting this, my first thought was that the argument could be how licenses aren't required to live and if someone doesn't want their face searched, they should just not get a license. Or something.
I hope to hear that WA isn't releasing photos, particularly if they are limiting the search to those that look a certain way it have a certain sounding type of name. Because you KNOW they are limiting the scope of any search.
I hope to hear that WA isn't releasing photos, particularly if they are limiting the search to those that look a certain way it have a certain sounding type of name. Because you KNOW they are limiting the scope of any search.
Sounds like we aren't allowing access to the photos.