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T969389Surveillance & Legal Terms
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Know the language. Every term below is used in court filings, council
meetings, and news reports about surveillance technology.
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ALPR T969389[Technology]
T969389Automated License Plate Reader. Camera system that photographs vehicle
T969389license plates, extracts plate numbers via OCR, and stores them with
T969389timestamp...
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Administrative Subpoena T969389[Legal]
T969389A demand for records issued by an agency itself, without prior
T969389judicial approval or probable cause. Because it bypasses a judge, it
T969389is a favored...
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Algorithmic Bias T969389[Technology]
T969389Systematic, unfair skew in an automated system's outputs against
T969389particular groups, arising from biased training data, design choices,
T969389or deployment...
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Audit Log T969389[Technology]
T969389Record of who accessed a system, when, and what they did. Critical
T969389accountability mechanism for surveillance systems. Misuse cases
T969389(Braselton,...
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Automated Decision System (ADS) T969389[Policy]
T969389Software that uses data and algorithms to make or materially inform
T969389decisions about people - bail, benefits, policing targets, employment.
T969389Because...
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BIPA T969389[Legal]
T969389Biometric Information Privacy Act. Illinois law (740 ILCS 14)
T969389requiring informed written consent before collecting biometric data.
T969389Private right of...
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BSSID T969389[Technology]
T969389Basic Service Set Identifier — the unique hardware (MAC) address a
T969389Wi-Fi access point broadcasts. Because BSSIDs are globally unique and
T969389mostly...
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Backdoor Search T969389[Legal]
T969389Querying data lawfully collected under Section 702 (targeting
T969389foreigners) using a U.S. person's identifier, to read Americans'
T969389communications without...
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Biometric T969389[Technology]
T969389A measurable physical or behavioral characteristic used to identify a
T969389person - face geometry, fingerprint, iris, voiceprint, gait, or DNA.
T969389Unlike a...
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Biometric Template T969389[Technology]
T969389The mathematical representation a system extracts from a raw biometric
T969389sample - e.g. a numerical 'faceprint' vector derived from a photo -
T969389rather...
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Bulk Collection T969389[Policy]
T969389The gathering of large volumes of communications or records without
T969389targeting specific individuals, retaining the data for later querying.
T969389It is the...
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CBP T969389[Policy]
T969389Customs and Border Protection. Federal agency revealed to have access
T969389to 80,000+ Flock cameras through undisclosed pilot program. ICE
T969389conducted...
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CCOPS T969389[Policy]
T969389Community Control Over Police Surveillance. ACLU model ordinance
T969389requiring public hearings and city council approval before any
T969389surveillance...
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CCPA T969389[Legal]
T969389California Consumer Privacy Act. Gives consumers right to know what
T969389data is collected, request deletion, and opt out of data sales.
T969389Amended by CPRA...
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Carpenter Doctrine T969389[Legal]
T969389Legal principle from Carpenter v. United States (2018) that
T969389comprehensive location tracking constitutes a search under the 4th
T969389Amendment requiring a...
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