Resolution
Stop California Law Enforcement from Purchasing & Collecting Biometric & Personal Data Without a Warrant
WHEREAS federal law protects biometric and personal data from being directly collected by traditional law enforcement means without a warrant, it does not stop law enforcement from obtaining this data indirectly via payment to the owner of a health app that tracks menstruation or ovulation, a location tracker for sex workers to check in with peers, social media platforms or other data brokers; and
WHEREAS ample documentation exists that the loophole for law enforcement, to use a credit card instead of a warrant, is being exploited to target marginalized communities, our undocumented, unhoused, disabled and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities; and
WHEREAS law enforcement purchasing and collecting of biometric and personal data in California without a warrant is a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Riverside County Democratic Party opposes the practice of purchasing and collecting biometric and personal data by law enforcement in California without a warrant.
Author: Edison Gómez-Krauss, AD 36
Sponsored By: Riverside County Democratic Part
Passed October 9, 2023
