A bill advancing at the Iowa Capitol would establish new guardrails on the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), aiming to balance law enforcement's investigative needs with heightened ...

Physical ID theft recovery proves more complex than credit card fraud, requiring police reports across multiple jurisdictions and extensive documentation.

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents want to find out where people live, work, travel or go about their daily life, they often no longer need a warrant or a judge’s approval. In many ...

The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing. It was part of the agencies’ ...

The groups have identified a network of devices in California, finding about 40 license plate readers in San Diego and ...

The right to record is uneven across jurisdictions and vulnerable in practice, especially when police claim someone is ...

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The case involves a challenge to so-called geofence warrants, which permit law enforcement officials to sweep up location data of people near crime scenes. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo via U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Despite vows to restrict immigration authorities’ access to Washington state ...

WASHINGTON STATE — A new report has revealed that driver's license data from Washington state continues to be accessed by federal immigration agencies, despite previous promises to cut off such access ...