California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
The California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) is the computer network that connects public safety agencies across the state to criminal histories, driver records, and other databases. Since 2014, EFF has served as a watchdog for this system, drawing attention to open meetings violations, attempts to integrate face recognition technology, and failures by the California Attorney General's Office to enforce regulations around misuse.
In 2018, the California Attorney General's Office announced an overhaul of the oversight process, resulting in for the first time the release of near-comprehensive data on when police officers inappropriately access data on California residents.
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Confirmed cases of misuse of California’s sprawling unified law enforcement information network have doubled over the last five years, according to records obtained by EFF under the California Public Records Act.That adds up to a total 389 cases between 2010 and 2014 in which an investigation concluded that a user—often...
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Attention California: the privacy and security of your driver licenses are under threat from a new scheme to massively expand how photo IDs are shared and analyzed by law enforcement agencies.Over the last few months, an obscure panel within the California Department of Justice (DOJ) has been taking steps to...
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