Home Depot And Lowe's Are Scanning Your License Plates: Here's Why
Jalopnik • • business
Key Points:
- Flock cameras, equipped with solar panels, have been installed in Home Depot and Lowe's parking lots since at least August last year, monitoring vehicles and people entering and leaving.
- Home Depot states it does not share camera data with federal law enforcement but does cooperate with local law enforcement, which may indirectly assist federal agencies like ICE.
- The presence of these cameras is linked to monitoring immigration-related activities, particularly targeting day laborers near home improvement stores.
- Lowe's also cooperates with state and local law enforcement by providing footage and data from these cameras, as noted in its privacy policies.
- The surveillance aims to influence behavior by creating a sense of constant monitoring, despite public backlash resulting in vandalism of the cameras.