Richard Blumenthal seeks limits on a national ALPR database
U.S. senator from Connecticut
“Prohibiting or safeguarding against a national database.”
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Always Watching: Congress Begins Investigating Flock Cameras (opens in a new tab)A Bipartisan Solution Might Be Possible
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The Daily Signal directly interviewed Blumenthal after the September 23 Senate hearing and quoted his proposals for warrant rules, retention limits and limits on a national database.
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Blumenthal spoke after a Senate hearing on Flock's camera network and the absence of invited company executives.
After the quotation
He identified retention periods and national-database restrictions as possible areas of bipartisan agreement.
How this statement is classified
Mixed or conditional
Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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He proposes restrictions on networked surveillance without endorsing a ban on all readers.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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