{"id":274927,"date":"2026-06-17T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/eugene-exploring-surveillance-privacy-policies-on-new-existing-technology-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:15:28","slug":"eugene-exploring-surveillance-privacy-policies-on-new-existing-technology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/eugene-exploring-surveillance-privacy-policies-on-new-existing-technology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene exploring surveillance, privacy policies on new, existing technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene exploring surveillance, privacy policies on new, existing technology<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.klcc.org\/politics-government\/2026-06-17\/eugene-exploring-surveillance-privacy-policies-new-existing-technology<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-17 17:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.klcc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

The city of Eugene may soon start developing a policy on its own use of surveillance technology.<\/p>\n

City Council started discussing surveillance last year after Eugene\u2019s rollout, then rollback of automatic license plate cameras that were linked to a national database.<\/p>\n

During a work session on the topic Wednesday, Councilor Alan Zelenka said now that Oregon lawmakers have laid ground rules on ALPRs, the city council should adopt more tailored restrictions.<\/p>\n

“It didn’t go far enough on security from my perspective, to me it felt like there were too many loopholes,” Zelenka said.<\/p>\n

The city council, at this time, is not discussing bringing back ALPR cameras.<\/p>\n

Several councilors said they\u2019d also like policies governing any new technology Eugene could consider. They\u2019ll also need to decide whether to review the city\u2019s existing surveillance tools, like security cameras and drones.<\/p>\n

Both Eugene Police and the engineering department use drones, according to city staff. Police also use dash and body cameras. The city also has security cameras and other precautions at the Hult Center, airport, and other public facilities.<\/p>\n

Right now no part of city government uses facial recognition.<\/p>\n

City staff said they were reviewing Portland, Berkeley and San Jose\u2019s surveillance policies for examples.<\/p>\n

Several city council members said they preferred San Jose\u2019s policy the most, which requires any new technology the city is looking to acquire go through a \u201cprivacy risk assessment.\u201d The policy applies city-wide, and technology that is at higher risk for a civil liberties violation receives more oversight.<\/p>\n

Portland\u2019s policy also requires its staff to do a privacy impact assessment when city staff start the process to procure new technology. The city also conducted a city-wid inventory of all technology that could be used for surveillance. Reports from that work are available to the public.<\/p>\n

Separately, Portland banned facial recognition.<\/p>\n

City staff said…<\/p>\n

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