Headline and first portion of a Minnesota Star Tribune article. Complete article link: https://www.startribune.com/ice-crackdown-thomson-reuters-eagan-license-plate-data-westlaw-clear/601583754 “Thomson Reuters workers question contract with ICE Concerns raised over possible misuse of data. U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement (ICE) has a contract with Thomson Reuters for its CLEAR investigative data- By MIKE HUGHLETT The Minnesota Star Tribune base, which includes cellphone numbers, addresses and much more. Thomson Reuters is facing CLEAR also allows law pressure from employees to be enforcement officers to tap into more transparent about how a vast collection of surveillance the federal government may data culled from license plate- be using a massive trove of per- reading cameras. sonal data sold by the company. "We are concerned ICE is Internal chat boards have misusing CLEAR," said one lit up with concerns the data is Eagan-based Thomson Reuters being used to detain immigrants employee. without criminal records and The Minnesota Star Tri- intimidate observers, employ- bune interviewed half a dozen ees say. SEE THOMSON ON A5 »”
Are conservatives & libertarians really ok with the surveillance state they voted for? I suppose as long as “those people” are being targeted.
#surveillance #SurveillanceState #privacy #GovernmentDataPractices #uspol #ice #dhs #ThomsonReuters #WriteYourRep […]
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