Michaela Barnett
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Barnett proposes preventing companies like Flock from tracking Americans and selling one community's data to another customer. She calls for privacy legislation and restrictions on government access to movement data. Her proposal is not a ban on every license-plate reader.
“Prevent companies like Flock from tracking Americans and selling data collected from one community to a different customer”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Michaela Barnett, Protect East Tennesseans' PrivacyWhat I'll work for in Congress to fix it
Barnett's campaign privacy plan states proposed limits on cross-community Flock data sales and government access to movement data.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
She criticizes the present network and proposes limits on tracking and data transfers, but does not call for a blanket ban on all readers.