NYCLU Calls on NYPD to Make Public Details on 'Ring of Steel' Expansion: Via ACLU - Privacy.

The New York Civil Liberties Union today called on the NYPD to provide the public with basic details of its multi-million dollar plan to blanket Midtown with a computerized network of surveillance cameras and license plate readers – a massive expansion of the “Ring of Steel” surveillance system being developed in lower Manhattan.

“The NYPD is collecting massive amounts of personal information about law-abiding New Yorkers, with no hint of how it plans to protect individuals’ privacy,” NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. “This is an invitation to abuse.” [ Read more ... ]