Isn't the "security protocol" SSI (Stupid Secretive Inanity)?
Divest: to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title. (Hmmm... where is the due process).
Also, you can request to have your property stay in your view.
Which means that one is able to make such a request, just as one can request a free margarita. Note that the answer does not preclude any retaliation for making such a request.