Know Your Tech

Today, the ACLU of Oregon and its legal partners, Visible Law and LeDuc Montgomery LLC, filed to sue the City of Eugene for failing to disclose public records pertaining to the city’s operation of Flock Safety cameras.

Flock raises serious questions about local police’s ability to both use Flock and remain compliant with Oregon’s sanctuary law.

The following information is produced by the ACLU of Oregon for educational purposes only. This is not intended to be and is not a substitute for legal advice.

The ACLU of Oregon and immigrants rights and privacy organizations urge all Oregon Cities and Counties with Flock contracts to do the right thing and turn off their cameras. Our governments should be certain that constituents are informed about privacy impacts and that government technology does not violate our state sanctuary law or the constitutional rights of Oregonians. Flock’s tech is designed in a way that poses too great a risk to everyone’s privacy and opens a digital backdoor for federal law enforcement to come to Oregon and target vulnerable residents of all backgrounds. The expansion of mass surveillance tactics by law enforcement raises serious questions about our state and federal constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable searches that invade our privacy and surveillance that collects such large volumes of data about us that it reveals intimate details about our personal lives. Mass surveillance also presents a dangerous threat to every Oregonian, especially at a time of extreme federal aggression towards immigrants, transgender people, Black people and other communities of color, and people exercising their First Amendment rights to fight for freedom, equality, and democracy. Join us in learning about this dangerous technology and taking action through this toolkit.