Victory! At the end of last week, a bill that would prohibit law enforcement from installing a surveillance camera on private property passed into law! The bill, LD 1040, was one of several bills that stand for the basic principle that the government should have to get a warrant before conducting surveillance on private citizens.
Three more bills that would put similar warrant requirements in place for new technologies are on the governor's desk: the drones bill, LD 236; the location tracking bill, LD 415; and the text message privacy bill, LD 1377. You can read about them in Rachel's blog post here.
The bills now before the governor are LDs 236, 415 and 1377. The governor has until Monday to sign or veto them. If you agree that Mainers deserve these important privacy protections, call his office at 207-287-3531. Leave a message for the governor urging him to sign these three bills into law.