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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Of course it's KOMO so they didn't actually list specific "outside agencies" we should be concerned about. Funny how that works. Anyhow, here's the poll (you may need to scroll down a bit to see it) ... no login required, choose your option!

How concerned are you that camera footage
could be accessed by outside agencies?
Highly concerned.
Somewhat concerned.
Not concerned.

Open. 30 days remaining. 541 votes.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

TAKE ACTION: The House Transportation committee will vote tomorrow morning on a bipartisan amendment that would limit usage of Flock and other ALPRs. www.wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-am… So now's a […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

I’m [NAME] from [CITY or COUNTY], a constituent, calling to ask Representative [NAME] to support the Perry/Garcia amendment to limit use of Flock and other automated license plate readers. Congress must shield Americans from this invasive warrantless surveillance technology that threatens privacy, civil liberties, and constitutional rights.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

TAKE ACTION in Washington: Tell Governor Ferguson: Stop Sharing WA DOL Data with ICE actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-gove… If you're in the Seattle area, there's cancassing training this Tuesday (March 10) from […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

Make Washington State an ICE free zone.
WA is Sharing DOL data with CBP to ICE.
Join a neighborhood ICE free Zones DOL canvassing training, 3/10 Tuesday, 6-8 pm.

Do you want to canvas your local DoL to let folks know that their drivers license information is being shared with ICE/CBP?

Want to learn more? Join our free class!

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

More positively, Rep. Thomas gave a great short floor speech -- and voted "no" on the weak version of SB 6002! The speech starts at 45:00 into tvw.org/video/house-floor-session-2… -- hopefully the link takes […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

Thank You Madam Speaker.

While this bill does indeed put guardrails around surveillance technology,
that technology has rapidly expanded across the state with very few rules.
Establishing any framework at this point for retention, access, and sharing
is indeed a step forward.

That said, the bill doesn't meet the scale of the harms that we are seeing.
Over time, that creates a detailed account of where people live, where
they work, where the recreate, where attend houses of worship and seek
medical care.

When systems operate at that scale, policy choice is about retention,
about access and sharing become incredibly consequential.

What concerns me today is that the safeguards in this bill do not go far.
enough to match the power of the technology that we are considering.
[The result is that the result, is we risk normalizing operating as people, as
Washingtonians, under a surveillance state.

And Madam Speaker, | know that you know, that I'm not really about
being surveilled.

That's not for me.

And while | appreciate the hard work that has gone into this policy, and |
understand or recognize that this is the beginning of this conversation, |
assure you that, this not the end.

| respectfully ask for no vote.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

What's with that? Friday (March 6) is the cutoff for the House to pass legislation that started in the Senate, including SB 6002 and dozens of other bills they haven't voted on yet. The current House floor calendar, has 55 bills -- and more could still be pulled […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

Leqislative calendar
January 12 (Monday): First day of session
February 4 (Wednesday): Policy committee cutoff
February 9 (Monday): Fiscal and transportation committee cutoff
February 17 (Tuesday): Cutoff for passing house of origin
February 25 (Wednesday): Opposite house policy committee cutoff
March 2 (Monday): Opposite house fiscal and transportation committee cutoff
March 6 (Friday): Cutoff to go through opposite house - unless it's NTIB!
March 12 (Thursday): Last day of session — Sine Die

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

As for the update ... well as usual for #waleg at this time of the session, it's pretty chaotic. There were rumors that they might vote on SB 6002 as early as Tuesday, and by early afternoon several amendments had been filed -- including a striker by Rep […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

A long list of amendments, in a small font, each with an 20-character code starting with 6002-S.E.AMH, a number, a legislator name, and a page reference

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

TAKE ACTION: tomorrow is the last day for the House to vote on SB 6002 , the Driver Privacy Act, regulating Flock and other ALPRs. So if you're a Washington resident, *now* is the time to contact your state Representatives. They're getting so much email that phone […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

I'm [NAME] of [CITY], one of your constituents, and I'm
very concerned that SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act is
much too weak to protect immigrants, rapid response
groups, and other vulnerable Washington residents. There
are thousands of Flock surveillance cameras are all over
the state -- and cities like Redmond, Everett, and Olympia
which have turned their Flock cameras off are likely to turn
them back on once SB 6002 passes. So the guardrails in
this bill need to be strengthened significantly.

Reduce retention time to three minutes or less unless
license plates are already on a hotlist. This significantly
reduces risk of data getting to ICE and CBP -- or being
used by police officers to stalk people.

Ensure that human rights organizations, local organizers,
and journalists can provide oversight by eliminating the
public records act exemption.

This is very important legislation and its guardrails need to
be strong enough to protect us.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

Not sure if he'll get to testify on SB 6002 (Flock/ALPR regulation) but DeflockLyunwood's shirt is making a strong statement in any case. More at deflocklynnwood.com #waleg

A red tshirt, with the words "Presumed Innocent.
Tracked Daily.
DeFlockLynnwood.com"

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

Want some more talking points? No problem! There really are a *lot* of ways that SB 6002 needs to be strengthened to provide meaningful harm reduction.

Restore the funding to the State Auditor that was cut out of the bill in the Senate. Especially with the history of abuses of ALPR data, strong oversight is critical.
Require more frequent transparency reports from agencies using ALPRs, and move the timeframe up. Waiting until December 2027 for the first annual report is unacceptable.
Remove the "knowing" loophole that was added in the Senate. The current language only prevents ALPR data obtained by law enforcement from being admitted as evidence if the violations were "knowing". This is an especially acute problem given the long track record of misconfigurations and other issues where the agency unintentionally provided broader access to ALPR data than they realized – Mountain View (CA) for example shut off their Flock systems after discovering literally hundreds of agencies around the country had searched their data without authorization.
Remove the authorization for institutes of higher education to use ALPRs that was added in the Senate. Students at community colleges, technical colleges, state colleges, regional universities, and the University of Washington are frequently targeted by ICE and CBP – and by law enforcement as protestors.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

You can submit written testimony up to 24 hours after the hearing, so the deadline for this is Thursday at 8:00 am. Here are some talking points, if you want to focus on specific issues.

The current version of SB 6002 Act needs to be strengthened in several ways, including:

Reduce retention as much as possible – to three minutes or less. The current version allows law enforcement agencies to retain data for 21 days, and other agencies to keep it even longer – up to 30 days in some cases. New Hampshire's law limits retention to 3 minutes. The longer data is retained, the greater the chance that ICE will find a way to access it. Police solved crimes before ALPRs, they will find a way to adapt.
Prevent vendor access to the systems and data. Some vendors are believed to share information with ICE and CBP. Even for vendors who don't go out of their way to share information, they're located in other states so the protections of the Shield Law and Keep Washington Working do not apply – meaning it's easy for ICE, CBP, and law enforcement in hostile states to get a court order or subpoena to get the data.
Prevent direct access to an agency's systems to other agencies as well. The current version allows the creation of what is in practice a regional surveillance database.
Require a felony warrant for law-enforcement access to third-party ALPR data. The current version requires a warrant, which is good, but a felony warrant requires much stronger protections.
Ensure that there is enough public records access for journalists, local organizers, and organizations like UW Human Rights Center to continue to do oversight.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

It's almost as easy to submit written testimony. What to say? We've got some suggestions -(make sure to mention "strengthen", anecdotes are powerful, etc.) and lots of talking points if you want ... but really, do whatever what works for you. Here's the link to […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

Provide written testimony – deadline Thursday 8:00 am

If you've got a couple of minutes to provide written testimony, you can go into more detail about why your position on the bill is OTHER, The deadline for acting is Thursday February 19 at 8:00am

1. Click Here
2. From the drop down menu choose "Other".
3, Fill out the form.
4. For the written testimony start with ether "ALPRs should be banned. If that is not possible yet, SB 6002 needs to be strengthened". If there's a reason why prohibiting Flock and other ALPRs is especially important to you – or an anecdote about how they effect you, your family or neighbors, or your community – please make sure to mention that! You can also use one or more of the talking points below in your message, or start from scratch if you prefer.
5. Click the "Submit Registration" button

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

If you're a Washington resident, it's very easy to "sign in" for a hearing and note your position: PRO, CON, or OTHER. Deadline for signins: Wednesday, 7:00 am (an hour before the hearing) Here's the link to the sign-in page […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

Sign in OTHER (Strengthen) – deadline Wednesday 7:00 am.

At the previous hearings on the bill, law enforcement, Flock, and their allies all signed in Other. So did cities and counties across Washington. To make sure that our pressure to strengthen the bill doesn't get confused with their pressure to weaken it, we're recommending signing in Other (Strengthen). That's not actually an option on the signin form, so we'll need to be creative!

1. Click Here to Sign In to the Hearing. You are not signing up to speak!
2. From the drop down menu choose "Other".
3. Fill out the form. Remember that any information you include is public! You don't have to provide your street address. Email is required, and many people who care about privacy use a separate account for communications with the state government.
4. In the Organization field, put (Strengthen).
5. Click on Submit Registration

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

The bill started out as a "compromise" (i.e. not strong enough) and then amendments in the Senate weakened it further. We still have opportunities to strengthen it in the House, and there's broad agreement on the demands. Now's a good time to get involved! I'm sure […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

At the hearing, OneAmerica, Legal Voice, Pro-Choice Washington, Planned Parenthood, ACLU of Washington, and other groups talked about the need to reduce retention time to 3 minutes. remove vendor access to systems (to keep data from going out of state, where it loses the protections of the Shield Law and Keep Washington Working); prohibit agencies from directly accessing other agencies' ALPR data without a warrant; require a felony warrant for law-enforcement to access third-party ALPR data from Home Depot and other companies; and make other improvements. Law enforcement representatives and Flock talked about the need to increase retention time. Unfortunately the committee didn't listen to the coalition, ignoring virtually all the requests to strengthen the bill. Instead, they listened to law enforcement and Flock, and passed an amendment that increased the retention time to 21 days and weakened the bill in several other ways. The full Senate passed a version with a few more changes, mostly technical fixes. Now it moves to the House.

We need to pressure legislators to strengthen the bill, and an important first step to that is to let them know that the bill is not yet strong enough for us to support it.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

Here's an excerpt from the action with an overview of the situation. A big risk is that if a weak version of SB 6002 passes, it will legitimize and further normalize the use of ALPRs, and undercut the progress local organizers are making in Mountlake Terrace, Redmond, Olympia, Lynnwood, etc.

Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) like Flock are cameras that scan and store license plate data and "contextual images" that can include people in and around the car from countless Washington drivers every day. ALPRs allow police and other governmental agencies to know where people drive and when – and today, there's no barrier to federal agencies like ICE and out-of-state law enforcement getting data about Washingtonians. The UW Center for Human Right's' Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Washington Data to Immigration Enforcement goes into detail on some of the consequences,

It would be great to ban the use of ALPRs, but the votes aren't there for that to happen at the statewide level yet. Instead, the goal of SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act, is harm reduction by introducing "guardrails" that protect our privacy and civil rights. The bill prohibits ALPR use in the immediate surroundings of sensitive areas like immigration centers, schools, and providers of reproductive and gender-affirming health care, limits how long the data can be retained, and.requires a warrant for any law enforcement access to ALPR dat, and limited a warrant for any access to ALPR data to three days. These protections significantly improve on the situation today, but are not strong enough to for meaningful harm reduction.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2025

TAKE ACTION: if you're a Washington state resident, sign in CON on ESWESHB 1423 to say no to harmful surveillance technologies! (1/4) app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?ch… ESHB 1423 is a harmful bill that […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

"Take action!" -- in big red capital letters.

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Washington Privacy Organizers @waprivacy.pnw.zone.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2025

TAKE ACTION: Support the People's Privacy Act in Washington state! (3/5) The People's Privacy Act doesn't cost mucht: 800,000 / year to protect 8,000,000 Washingtonians, Still, with the budget so tight this year it's going to be a struggle to get it approved -- […] [Original post on pnw.zone]

Take Action, all in red capital letters on a black background

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