A recent Supreme Court ruling regarding digital privacy could assist local organisers challenging the police deployment of automatic licence plate readers and Flock surveillance cameras. On 29 June, the court determined that police "geofence" requests to technology companies for cellphone location data within a specified geographical boundary constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment. Under the ruling, police officers must secure a warrant from a judge before requiring cellphone companies to hand over location data. Civil rights attorneys indicate that while the decision supports privacy campaigners, dismantling the rapidly growing system of AI-powered mass surveillance remains a challenge against determined police departments and industry figures.

Background: ANPR and Licence Plate Recognition

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