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Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · The digital civil-liberties brief · View on the web
Missouri sues Temu, alleging banned spyware code secretly harvests device data.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway sued Temu under state consumer protection laws, alleging the app secretly accesses microphones, cameras, and precise location data using code akin to banned spyware, local outlets reported. (KCTV5)
Top
- A judge rules police need a warrant to search Flock ALPR data. (reason.com)
- LAPD paused its use of Flock Safety license plate readers over data gaps. (Parriva)
- Kenya's DCI expands multi-biometric identification to diplomats and foreign nationals. (People Daily)
- A North Carolina SBI report found 19 sheriff cameras logged over 66 million scans. (WECT)
- Oregon regulators paused transgender care coverage oversight over patient data concerns. (eastoregonian.com)
The pattern
Officers across three agencies faced discipline, indictment or lawsuits for allegedly misusing automated license plate reader data.
- Little Rock relieves three police officers after 28 searches of one plate. (KATV)
- A Georgia man sues Flock and a sheriff for tracking his car. (Gizmodo)
- Sharonville police Lt. Walter Cordes was indicted in Ohio for allegedly using Flock plate reader data 29 times to conduct personal searches; he faces a felony (WVXU)
Under the radar
- Nevada ordered a sheriff's office to rewrite policies after 102 undocumented searches. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Lakeland commissioners approved a $21.9 million Axon contract adding drones. (WFLA)
Flock watch
River Falls drops its nine Flock cameras (WQOW)
Inkster, Michigan approves a 10-year deal expanding license plate readers (WXYZ 7 News Detroit)
Inkster, Michigan expands surveillance under a 10-year contract (FOX 2 Detroit)
Warwick declines to renew its Flock contract (Mid Hudson News)
Richmond decided not to renew Flock Safety contract (WTVR.com)
Surveillance & Privacy
- Regulators issued guidance allowing banks to accept state digital IDs. (PYMNTS.com)
- Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired, prompting debate. (Washington Times)
- The Bank for International Settlements warned bank data breaches risk user data. (Cointelegraph)
- Eight U.S. airports preview TSA PreCheck e-gates and AI bag screening. (TheTravel)
Coming Up
Wed Oct 14 · BALLOT · Johnson City, TN — Early voting begins for Johnson City Commission seats where candidates are divided over Flock surveillance cameras (wjhl.com)
Wed Oct 14 · DEADLINE · Washington, DC — ABC faces deadline to file additional brief in lawsuit seeking to block FCC review of broadcast licenses (AP)
Wed Oct 14 · DEADLINE · Samoa — Firms must email registration to attend the information session on Samoa's National Digital ID System procurement (biometricupdate.com)
Wed Oct 14 · HEARING · U.S. Supreme Court — U.S. Supreme Court hears oral argument in Salazar v. Paramount Global on the definition of a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act (The National Law Review - A Free To Use Nationwide Database of Legal Publications)
Wed Oct 14 · MEETING · Miami Beach, FL — Miami Beach Police Chief presents additional surveillance camera safeguards to the commission (Miami Herald)
Wed Oct 14 · MEETING · San Francisco, CA — San Francisco Police Commission takes up a drone policy for the San Francisco Police Department (DroneXL)
Speech & Press
- Ruling: U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly blocks the Trump administration's Sept. 18 revocation of White House press credentials for CNN, MS NOW and Politico (Newsweek)
- Judge Timothy Kelly orders the White House to restore hard passes to 3 news outlets. (reason.com)
- A report claims 80 universities expanded surveillance to identify pro-Palestinian speech. (The College Fix)
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