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Given the public/private partnerships that make government use of facial recognition possible, consumers remain unaware of which seemingly benign consumer products could land in government hands.
This bill creates a process for law enforcement to request DNA search information from private companies and secretly collect familial DNA.
This entire situation does highlight the need for consumers to be aware of the risks they run with their data before deciding to entrust it to a third party as well as the need for robust guardrails for government agencies that want to access that data through the third party.
Can police follow you into your home and arrest you for a low-level crime without getting a warrant?
This bill requires law enforcement to have a particular suspect before proceeding with a reverse location or keyword search warrant.
The desire to use new technologies in the name of protecting the community cannot come at the expense of an individual’s fundamental rights.

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