The new policy calls for a commission to oversee the Chula Vista’s use of surveillance technology. Privacy advocates say it’s a good start for a place that has been dubbed one of the most “surveilled'' cities in America, but it doesn’t go far enough.
Earlier this year, a KPBS investigation revealed that abetween Chula Vista and Motorola Solutions gave the company extensive control over data collected by the city’s surveillance technology.
But civic activist Pedro Rios, who was part of a working group that made recommendations to the city on what should be in the new policy, wants the city to memorialize that it shared license plate reader information with the federal government. “The resolution should reflect that there was a struggle that ensued. The resolution is part of trying to make corrections toward the responsibility that all of you have toward constituents.”Council members agreed to do that, but they did not agree to a recommendation by the working group to hire a chief privacy officer.
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