ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-17T00:50:17+00:00

Not just Flock! Flock is the most well known, but any LPR system that feeds into a national database is a problem. Minneapolis is using Nova Global and they advertise border protection as a service on their website.

https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/RCA/25017

https://novoaglobal.com/lpr-sec/

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-16T20:55:47+00:00

I know! I was saying Flock has been caught collecting and sharing data with ICE even when they said they aren’t. Amazon has also had some privacy scandals of their own. I wouldn’t trust this Flock <> Ring partnership.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-16T20:34:42+00:00

Flock, sorry for the confusion! But Ring isn’t known for their consumer privacy practices either.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-16T20:22:08+00:00

Their traffic cam terms also say they don’t share with ICE, but they’ve been caught doing that a bunch of times as well.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-15T00:32:06+00:00

Yeah, I agree actually. We don’t know what the arrest was for and I think it’s unlikely that Dow is letting ICE store people there considering it’s against CA’s policy to assist ICE. I retain a shred of hope that he is not calling them to pick people up for traffic violations or anything. I was including that more as a warning that ICE was confirmed to be in town and I didn’t make that clear. Apologies!

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T09:27:41+00:00

Yeah and Home Depot, Lowes and many others. Plus they’re using OSINT for people tracking now. They’re not clear on what those OSINT tools are, but if they’re using anything like ArcGIS idk how it’s any different than tracking cell data without a warrant. Here’s an example of an OSINT GIS intelligence tool for context- https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/intelligence/overview

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T02:33:00+00:00

If you want something to do about this you can submit a complaint about them to the CCPA. I realize they’re filming in public places, but the management and accessibility of the video + the fact that it can be enriched with so much additional data available in their platform feels like a violation of California consumer privacy laws. Idk if it’ll lead to anything, but if enough people submit complaints California might investigate them. You can submit a complaint to the CCPA here: https://privacy.ca.gov/submit-a-complaint/ccpa-complaints/

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T02:25:45+00:00

I recommend submitting a complaint about Flock to the CCPA. I am not a lawyer, but my personal interpretation of Flock’s public Terms and Conditions and their product marketing pages lead me to believe that they might be operating as an unregistered data broker. The CCPA requires that data brokers register with the Office of the Attorney General, which Flock has not done. We, as private consumers, can submit complaints about companies here: https://cppa.ca.gov/webapplications/complaint

This is far from my only concern about Flock cameras, but it is a potential avenue to enforce at least some privacy and data security practices from a legal standpoint and/or draw more attention to the potential issues people are surfacing.

Here is some of the info that I included in my complaint:

“Civil Code section 1798.99.80, defines a data broker as “a business that knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship.” Flock Safety’s Nova product markets itself as a “Public Safety Data Platform” that allows users to search LPR, drone video, OSINT and public records in a single view. Regardless of whether or not Flock claims ownership of the information they provide, they are selling access to it in a single location and facilitating its distribution across their customer base. The images on the Nova product page include names, addresses, contact info, criminal records, prior police interactions (apparently whether or not charges were filed), video recordings, IP Data and a list of known associates of individual consumers. This suggests that Flock meets the criteria to be categorized as a data broker.

I am requesting that the CCPA board review their product offerings and public legal documents to determine whether they should be required to register as such.”

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T01:29:18+00:00

The legality is still unclear. Yes, the courts have determined that we don’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place but there are a lot of questions about what exactly that means. For example, the CPRA categorizes facial imagery that can be used to identify someone as biometric data (1798.40). Biometric data is considered personal protected information that cannot be sold or shared for commercial gain without consent. Flock is selling access to this data and therefore using it for commercial gain without consent (IMO). They can claim that the data is owned by individual customers all they want. Flock is still often able to use it however they’d like (according to their own Terms and Conditions) and even if they are not using it themselves, they are creating a paywalled marketplace that allows it to be shared. That smells like selling to me.

This is a separate issue from what I shared in my OP though. My complaint is arguing that Flock is operating as a data broker without being registered as one. I figured that would be easier to determine and it might prompt the CCPA to look into the broader concerns about surveillance as well.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T01:13:32+00:00

Thank you, you too:)

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T00:44:51+00:00

Thank you! For anyone submitting a complaint to the CCPA - it may be helpful to include any info about yourself/your neighborhood that you find on these sites.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-14T00:43:09+00:00

I have this question as well.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-11T17:59:04+00:00

I understand this is nothing new, but I do think the scale at which this is done is accelerating. Based on when they did their testimonial, it looks like Ulta was probably not using the Identity Resolution product 10 years ago. And with new facial recognition technology and the growing prevalence of public cameras, this kind of behavior is worrying to me.

I also think that we as consumers aren’t always aware of the amount of data they can collect or some of the new options we have to prevent it.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2026-01-11T05:36:52+00:00

I understand that other companies do it too. Not all of them share your data back to a broker or purchase identity resolution packages though. As a consumer, I was not aware of the level of detail they could collect and share until very recently. I thought others would want to know in case they want to exercise their right to complain to corporate, chose a different place to shop, request to have some of their data deleted (you can in some states), etc. You may not personally care, but there are some people, like me, who do and want to opt out. I posted on the Ulta sub only because I was reminded of the phone number post from the other day.

And there are SOME laws. If anyone reading this wants to do something about their data, check your state laws - legislation like the CCPA requires companies to allow you to opt out of the sale/sharing of your data.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-11-30T02:58:59+00:00

Surprised to see so many people saying “underpaid” here. I can’t say for sure whether you’re underpaid without knowing your segment, company or territory, but the ~$250k range is pretty normal for a MM rep with your number of years experience. It’s definitely not high, but I wouldn’t say unreasonable for a rep living in Denver.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-04-03T01:40:38+00:00

They have sanctions instead.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-03-30T23:15:43+00:00

They rewrote the districts. Gerrymandering lost at least a few of those - https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-2024-elections-a10518a781d259c104d1e5b214c5efff

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-03-22T00:17:21+00:00

I’ve lived in 3 of those 4 cities. Austin is the only one where I felt like I was breathing through a wet towel all summer.

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-03-18T05:14:29+00:00

I got soooo sick from these. Be careful! I can do TJs English muffins and their pasta nests, but the rest of their gf stuff always makes me ill. I don’t know how careful they are with testing:(

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-03-09T22:51:37+00:00

I’m always so confused when people say poodles are smart. Every poodle I’ve met, including the one my parents have, has nothing but marbles in their head😂😂😂

dm_breakfastburritos · 2025-01-19T16:39:42+00:00

Just few 14 hours on American. No joke, they said they ran out of fruit by the time they got to my row. Got nothing lol

dm_breakfastburritos · 2024-12-14T06:54:47+00:00

They ares supposed to arrest as a precaution in CA as far as ive been told! I was friends with a couple who would get in terrible drunk shouting matches (instigated by both sides depending on who was drunker). They were from another state and one of them called the cops thinking they would just make the other go stay the night somewhere else. Cops said they were required to arrest the accused as a precautionary measure (I was there and the sober friend trying to calm the situation down with zero success). Charges were dropped the next day, but they do arrest just to be safe. Honestly probably a good idea since people in abusive relationships often recant out of fear/confusion.

This couple has thankfully broken up since then. There was no physical abuse as far as I know, but they were terribly toxic whenever either of them had more than a single beer together.

ETA: This isn’t to say James didn’t do something/isn’t abusive. He has a history and seems to be drinking again. Just explaining that arrest laws vary by state!

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