Home Depot and Lowe's Share Parking Lot License Plate Data from AI Cameras with Law Enforcement
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Jason Koebler
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Summary
Home improvement retailers Lowe's and Home Depot have installed hundreds of AI-powered automated license plate reading cameras (Flock cameras) in their parking lots, and are sharing the data with law enforcement. Public records obtained by the EFF and shared with 404 Media reveal that the Johnson County, Texas Sheriff's Office can access Flock cameras at 173 Lowe's locations across the U.S. This raises significant privacy concerns about corporate surveillance partnerships with police.
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Hundreds of AI-powered automated license plate reading cameras paid for by Lowe's and Home Depot and stationed in the hardware stores' parking lots are being fed into a massive surveillance system that law enforcement can access.
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