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• Penn State's student government voted unanimously for resolution #06-21 opposing over 20 Flock cameras; officials confirmed Oct. 14 they will be taken down (The Daily Collegian)
• The Hotchkiss Board of Trustees voted unanimously to end its Flock Safety contracts. (WesternSlopeNow.com)
• DDoSecrets published leaked records of over 40,000 DHS employees. (The Hill)
• Pakistani police integrated drones into the Peshawar Safe City surveillance network. (Pakistan Observer)
• Lawsuit: DOJ sues Maryland's Anne Arundel County Public Schools over policies restricting parental notice on student gender transitions under FERPA and PPRA (justice.gov)

The pattern

• Five Indianapolis police officers were charged with abusing Flock cameras to stalk partners. (Boing Boing)
• Highland Heights police license plate searches fell 95 percent after dispatcher misconduct. (WKYC)
• A Newark police officer searched a single license plate over 1,000 times. (The Columbus Dispatch)

Under the radar

• San Marcos approved an Axon contract extension despite digital evidence privacy questions. (KXAN.com)
• A Florida deputy was fired for storing surveillance images of naked jail inmates. (WFLA)

Flock watch

• UNC System restricted campus license plate reader data to criminal probes. (The Assembly NC)
• North Liberty City Council voted to end its Flock contract and deactivate 12 cameras. (The Gazette)
• Richmond police wrongfully towed a car misidentified by Flock license plate readers. (WWBT)
• Fredonia trustees vote 4-1 to request Chautauqua County remove Flock cameras. (Observer Today)
• Alexandria cancels its Flock Safety contract and will deactivate 61 license plate readers. (The Alexandria Brief)

Surveillance & Privacy

• A Project Syndicate commentary argues the administration shields ICE while expanding immigrant surveillance. (Project Syndicate)
• Lawsuit: Twenty states and D.C. sued the Treasury Department over FinCEN rules exempting over 99.9% of companies from Corporate Transparency Act disclosures (news.bloomberglaw.com)
• France's CNIL fined retailer Fnac Darty €7 million over mobile app trackers. (noyb.eu)
• Sens. Ron Wyden and Edward Markey demand Meta address smart glasses bystander privacy. (404media.co)

Coming Up

Speech & Press

• Distributed Denial of Secrets published searchable records for nearly 40,000 Homeland Security staff. (techdirt.com)
• The Fourth Circuit struck down West Virginia's law banning publishing addresses of officials. (reason.com)
• An Egyptian court fined Mada Masr editor Lina Attalah and ordered outlet closed. (cpj.org)

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