OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT FOR SALE OR SURVEILLANCE

Technology should serve people.

It should not give corporations the power to track where we drive, consume enormous amounts of our electricity and water, or negotiate billion-dollar developments behind closed doors while the people who live there are kept in the dark.

Across America, surveillance technology and massive data centers are being introduced into communities faster than our laws have been able to protect the public.

Our position is simple: No mass surveillance without a warrant. No secret deals with Big Tech. No massive development without public consent and a full accounting of what it will cost our communities.

Ban Flock Cameras and Mass License-Plate Surveillance

Americans should be able to drive to work, visit a doctor, attend a political meeting, go to church, or simply live their lives without the government creating a searchable record of everywhere they go.

We will prohibit federal funding for Flock Safety cameras and similar automated license-plate reader networks used for mass surveillance and work toward a federal ban on their use for warrantless tracking.

These systems can collect enormous amounts of location information about ordinary people who are suspected of no crime.

That turns every driver into a potential surveillance target.

Being in public does not mean surrendering your right to privacy.

Require a Warrant to Track Americans

Technology should not be allowed to erase constitutional protections simply because surveillance has become cheaper and easier.

Law enforcement seeking historical location information about an individual should be required to obtain a warrant based on probable cause, except in genuine emergencies already recognized under law.

No fishing expeditions.

No mass searches of where thousands of innocent people have traveled.

No building permanent databases of Americans' movements just in case the government wants them someday.

Stop Sharing Local Surveillance Data Behind Our Backs

A city that collects information about its residents should not be able to quietly turn that information into part of a national surveillance network.

Local police departments and government agencies will be prohibited from providing license-plate and location data to outside agencies, private companies, immigration authorities, or other jurisdictions without lawful authorization and strict public rules governing that sharing.

Public data should not become a commodity.

Your movements are not for sale.