This afternoon the Council adopted an ordinance updating the city’s existing law restricting the acquisition of surveillance technologies.
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Council starts to update rules on surveillance technology
The City of Seattle has a law on the books requiring The City Council to approve any department’s acquisition of surveillance equipment. The law is old and badly in need of updating, as last year’s Geofeedia incident made clear. Yesterday the Council started its formal consideration of a refreshed version more in keeping with today’s technology.
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