The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of IL applauded Governor Bruce Rauner’s Friday signing of legislation regulating stingray use as a “measure that increases transparency”. “But I’m as frustrated as everyone else that we haven’t been able to tackle the biggest challenges facing our state”, Rauner said.
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The corporation’s CEO, Jim Schultz, said Monday that the group knew its original name “didn’t exactly roll off the tongue or do much to sell IL”.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Friday requiring police forces in IL to get a court order before using surveillance equipment to covertly scan people’s cellphone data.
Under the new measure, police are prohibited from keeping data captured by the equipment if it comes from an individual not under investigation.
The new law requires police to delete non-target phone information within 24 hours.
In a statement Friday after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the legislation into law, the ACLU said the technology is “too powerful to remain unregulated”. The federal government has adopted modest guidelines similar to those enacted today.
Chicago police are being sued by plaintiffs who are trying to force it to release records about how it uses this technology.
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Authorities, though, have argued that cellphone tracking can be useful.
