Surveillance
License-plate readers, data brokers, facial recognition and the laws that do and don’t limit them. Our ongoing investigation into who collects data on Americans, who buys it and how to opt out.
- Big Brother on Every Corner:How Flock Safety Built America’s Largest Covert Surveillance Network
- How a License Plate Becomes a Person: Inside the Correlation Pipeline That Connects Cameras, DMVs and Insurers
- Buying Around the Constitution: How Governments Use Data Brokers to Sidestep Privacy Protections Without Breaking the Law
- How to Opt Out of Driver Data Tracking in 2026: The Complete Privacy Guide
- Who Consented? How Alexa, Samsung TVs and Flock Fit Into America’s Recording Laws
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How a License Plate Becomes a Person: Inside the Correlation Pipeline That Connects Cameras, DMVs and Insurers
A license plate is, by itself, an anonymous string of seven or eight characters. The privacy implications of the surveillance economy documented…
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Beyond the DMV: The Private Camera Networks Tracking American Drivers Without Buying a Single Record
State motor vehicle agencies collected at least $282 million selling driver data to private companies in fiscal year 2024, as Part 1…
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State DMVs Collected at Least $282 Million From Driver-Data Sales, Records Show
State departments of motor vehicles collected at least $282 million in fiscal year 2024 by selling driver and vehicle records to private…
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Supreme Court Weighs Geofence Warrants in First Major Fourth Amendment Test Since 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether geofence warrants — court orders that compel companies like Google to hand over the location…
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Big Brother on Every Corner:How Flock Safety Built America’s Largest Covert Surveillance Network
Every time you pull out of your driveway and drive down a public road in America, there is a reasonable chance you…