Calvary Chapel San Jose filed a federal lawsuit against Santa Clara County over its 'warrantless geofencing operation' during COVID-19 lockdowns.
published on Substack by journalist David Zweig that cited court documents inallegedly took various actions — watching church activities through a neighboring property's chain-link fence, walking in on church gatherings like Bible study and tracking churchgoers' cellular mobility data — to surveil Calvary.
"The recent story by David Zweig has at its core false assertions and does not reflect an understanding of basic facts of the county’s public health orders or enforcement program," Santa Clara County told Fox News Digital in March, reacting to the report.further alleges that County Counsel James Williams and CountyDr.
Supporters of Calvary Chapel San Jose wave to cars outside Santa Clara Superior Court in downtown San Jose, Calif., Dec. 8, 2020.filed in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, where they seek to collect millions from the church for violating COVID-19 public health orders," the complaint says.
The complaint says geofencing, which uses mapping software and is reliant on location data,"involves constructing a virtual bound around a geographic area using machine learning and identifying all users present within that area during a given time window." Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel San Jose speaks during a press conference outside Santa Clara Superior Court Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.
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