Q&A
Privacy concerns and warrant-less use of surveillance technologies
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Council Member Yusef Salaam inquires about the use of surveillance technologies without warrants. Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber explains that some technologies require warrants while others do not, depending on the technology and its deployment. He notes that this information is detailed in each technology's Impact and Use Policy (IUP).
- Some surveillance technologies always require a warrant or court order
- Others never require a warrant
- The requirement can depend on the context of use
- Information on warrant requirements is included in each technology's IUP
Yusef Salaam
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Thank you for your testimony.
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I'd like to start with privacy and civil liberty concerns.
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Are any of these technologies used without warrants?
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And if so, under what legal framework?
Michael Gerber
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Sure.
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So so some technologies require a warrant and some do not.
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And in our IUPs, each IUP actually requires one of the requirements of the post act to address essentially that, to answer that question.
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Is a warrant required?
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Is a warrant not required?
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Is there some lesser judicial standard that's required?
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So I think each one of our IUPs addresses that.
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And obviously, it really just depends on the technology and the way in which the technology is being deployed.
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You know, there are some surveillance technologies that are never going to require a warrant or court order, some that will always require it, and then some where it really will depend on the context in which it's being used.