Support Driver Privacy Protections
The Problem: Your Every Move is Being Tracked
Right now, police departments across Massachusetts are using Automatic License Plate Readers (LPRs) to track where you drive, when you drive, and which roads you take—without any suspicion of wrongdoing. Worse yet, they're sharing this data with police departments nationwide through companies like Flock Safety and Vigilant Solutions.
This isn't hypothetical. LPR data collected by Massachusetts police departments is already being accessed by law enforcement in Texas and Florida—states that are criminalizing abortion and targeting immigrants. Last year, a Texas police officer searched the Flock database for a woman who had an abortion, and that database included data collected by police departments here in Massachusetts. Other cops nationwide have used Flock’s database to track No Kings protesters like you. Out-of-state law enforcement authorities have also made hundreds of searches within Flock’s database regarding explicit immigration-related investigations. Other LPR vendors, like Vigilant Solutions, give ICE agents direct access to search the locations of Massachusetts drivers.
The Solution: H.3755 - Driver Privacy Protections
H.3755 would provide meaningful guardrails for local police departments around data sharing and retention. The bill would:
Require LPR data to be deleted within 14 days (unless tied to a specific criminal investigation)
Prohibit tracking people based on First Amendment activities like protests or religious gatherings
Stop the sale and sharing of your location data collected by LPRs
Require search warrants for law enforcement to access LPR data from other agencies—ending once and for all the Flock and Vigilant national database model here in Massachusetts.
This bill doesn't ban the technology—it just adds common-sense guardrails.
Here’s how you can help:
Find your state legislators at https://malegislature.gov/search/findmylegislator
Use our template email below (or write your own!) to contact both your State Senator and State Representative
Ask them to support H.3755
Mass 50501 has been fighting Flock's surveillance network in our communities because we believe privacy is a right, not a privilege. Now we need our state legislature to take action and pass statewide protections.
Time is of the essence. With the Trump administration weaponizing federal agencies and targeting Massachusetts residents, we cannot wait any longer to protect our communities.
Sample email:
Subject: Please Support H.3755 - Driver Privacy Protections
(Copy, personalize, and send to both your State Senator and State Representative)
Dear [Senator/Representative Name],
I am your constituent from [Your City/Town], and I am writing to urge you to support H.3755, An Act establishing driver privacy protections.
As a Massachusetts resident, I am deeply concerned that police departments across our state are collecting, storing, and sharing data about where I drive—without any suspicion of criminal activity and without basic privacy safeguards.
Through companies like Flock Safety and Vigilant Solutions, police in Massachusetts are sharing our location data with law enforcement agencies nationwide. This means that police in states like Texas and Florida—states that are criminalizing reproductive healthcare and targeting immigrants—have access to data about where Massachusetts drivers are going.
This is not a theoretical concern. In 2025, a Texas police officer searched Flock’s nationwide database looking for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. And out-of-state law enforcement authorities have made hundreds of explicitly immigration-related searches in Flock’s database, which contains Massachusetts drivers’ location information.
H.3755 would establish common-sense protections:
Require deletion of LPR data within 14 days unless tied to a specific criminal investigation
Prohibit using LPRs to monitor First Amendment activities like protests
Ban the sale and sharing of our location data
Require search warrants for law enforcement to access data collected by other agencies
This bill doesn't ban license plate readers—it simply ensures they are used responsibly and with appropriate privacy protections. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has already warned that unregulated LPR surveillance could violate our constitutional rights under Article 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.
Massachusetts has always been a leader in protecting civil rights and civil liberties. With the Trump administration threatening vulnerable communities, it is more urgent than ever that we pass H.3755 to protect immigrants, people seeking reproductive healthcare, political dissidents, and all Massachusetts residents from dragnet surveillance.
I urge you to support H.3755 and ensure it moves forward quickly.
Thank you for your attention to this critical issue.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[Your Phone Number]
[Your Email]