{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "gao-25-107302",
    "section": 7,
    "title": "GAO: DHS lacks bias-risk policies for most public-surveillance technologies",
    "date": "Dec 3, 2024",
    "sort": "2024-12-03",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": "3.7",
    "note": "Confirmed by direct fetch (v3.7). One report, not two; background from before this timeline's 2026 window.",
    "category": "policy",
    "body": "GAO-25-107302, \"Law Enforcement: DHS Could Better Address Bias Risk and Enhance Privacy Protections for Technologies Used in Public.\" Reviews DHS law enforcement components' use of 20+ detection and monitoring technologies (face recognition, ALPRs, drones, pole cameras). Finds DHS lacks required bias-risk-assessment policies for most of them, CBP/ICE/Secret Service policies \"did not always address key privacy protections,\" and civil-rights review isn't consistently required.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "GAO-25-107302",
        "primary": true
      }
    ],
    "places": [],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/gao-25-107302"
  }
}