Tell Congress: There’s no democracy without privacy

                                                      

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You shouldn’t have to wonder who’s watching you drive home.    But Flock Safety’s network of over 120,000 cameras, posted at traffic stops and street corners across the country, is watching you. The company has made a business of tracking where you’re driving, your usual routes—even what’s on your bumper—and selling that capability to police departments.    Here’s the thing that privacy advocates know. Flock is just one eye in the sky, but many private companies are spying on the public and selling either data collection tools or raw data itself to the highest bidder—including the federal government. These businesses are known as "data brokers."     Agencies like ICE, the FBI, and the Pentagon have all bought data from data broker companies. Often with no reasonable suspicion, no probable cause, no court orders, no warrants, no oversight—essentially, violating the Fourth Amendment without consequence.   It inverts a founding American principle: Limits to government power and your rights to privacy are enshrined in our founding documents, not something our officials can or should buy their way around.     But the Flock debacle seems to be a breaking point. Across the country (and across party lines), people are expressing their anger for the sweeping violation of privacy rights. The surveillance reckoning we desperately need is finally here, and we can use it to force real change.    For over 40 years, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) has defended the Constitution and demanded the government be held accountable when it abuses its power against the people. This is a fight we’ve been leading. For years, we have been documenting the expansion of the surveillance state and fighting for reform to protect you from prying eyes. Congress can intervene at this moment—we need to push it to act.    Your representatives must heed the public’s outrage. Join us in urging them to close the loopholes that let federal agencies access your private information without ever going to a judge.   Sign the petition If we don’t push, the cameras keep watching, the databases keep growing, and Congress fails to act.    But if we win this, no federal government agency gets to buy its way around your right to privacy. Not with Flock’s help, not with anyone’s. You get to drive to work, a friend’s house, the doctor’s office without your movements being logged in a database.     There’s no democracy without privacy. Thank you for using your voice at this pivotal moment.    —POGO    Our mailing address is: The New Republic, 1 Union Sq W Fl 6 , NY , New York, NY 10003-3303, United States