1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

I am writing as your constituent to urge you to strongly support H.3755, An Act Establishing Driver Privacy Protections, and to actively help build co‑sponsorship and momentum for this bill this session. I understand that the reporting date for H.3755 has been extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026, which means there is still critical time for you and your colleagues to act decisively to protect driver privacy and civil rights in Massachusetts. Across the country, recent reporting has shown that school security cameras and Flock Safety license plate readers are being quietly folded into federal immigration enforcement, often without the knowledge or consent of the school districts that installed them. Audit logs from several Texas districts reveal hundreds of thousands of searches by agencies nationwide, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, with many searches explicitly tagged to immigration investigations. What is marketed as student and community safety is, in practice, creating a pipeline of local data into a national immigration‑enforcement and surveillance network. This pattern directly implicates Massachusetts. At least 80 police departments here have contracts with Flock Safety, and these systems are now active in dozens of cities and towns across the Commonwealth. Public records and analysis show that data collected in one community can be shared through Flock’s national network and queried by thousands of agencies across the country, often without meaningful local oversight, public transparency, or a warrant. That means routine activities—driving to work, dropping children off at school, going to medical appointments, or attending a protest or religious service—can generate location data that is quietly stored and searched far beyond our borders. These risks fall heaviest on immigrant and mixed‑status families, people health care, and anyone engaged in First Amendment‑protected activity. Investigations and advocacy work have already documented automated license plate reader data being used to assist immigration enforcement and to support out‑of‑state investigations into abortion‑related conduct. Schools—where these cameras often sit at drop‑off and pick‑up—have a particular obligation to protect the privacy and safety of students and families, yet their infrastructure is increasingly woven into broader enforcement systems in ways communities never fully debated or consented to. H.3755 is a measured, responsible response to this reality. The bill defines automated license plate reader (ALPR) and tolling data and then sets clear limits on how that data can be collected, retained, shared, and used. It would: • Ban use of ALPR and tolling data to track people’s participation in protests, worship, or visits to sensitive locations protected by the First Amendment. • Impose strict retention limits (generally 14 days for ALPR data, 120 days for tolling data absent a specific criminal investigation) to prevent the creation of long‑term movement histories. • Prohibit the sale or transfer of driver and vehicle data to third parties and require a warrant for law‑enforcement access to data held by private vendors or out‑of‑state entities, with narrow emergency exceptions. • Make unlawfully collected or shared data inadmissible in court and provide a strong private right of action, alongside enforcement by the Attorney General, to ensure these protections have real teeth. These protections still allow targeted, accountable use of data for genuine public‑safety needs, but they close the loopholes that currently enable data collected in Massachusetts to be repurposed for immigration enforcement, abortion surveillance, or generalized dragnet monitoring. With the reporting date now extended to March 18, 2026, there is a real opportunity—and, I would argue, an obligation—for legislative leadership. I respectfully and urgently ask you not only to support H.3755, but to actively advocate for its passage: • Speak with committee chairs and leadership to prioritize a favorable report before the new deadline. • Encourage your colleagues to sign on and publicly express their support, especially those representing communities most affected by surveillance and immigration enforcement. • Be a visible champion for driver privacy, immigrant safety, and civil liberties as this bill moves through the process. This bill is important to me and to many others who believe that participation in daily life—working, driving, learning, praying, seeking care, and engaging in democracy—should not come at the cost of being tracked and profiled. I would greatly appreciate knowing your position on H.3755 and what specific steps you are willing to take between now and March 18 to help ensure it advances. Thank you for your time and for your service to our community. Respectfully,