News & Commentary about Automatic License Plate Readers
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Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
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Apr 4, 2019
State Data Law Heightens Privacy Protection for Virginians
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Mar 13, 2019
Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations
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Jul 25, 2018
Connecticut’s Plan to Install Electronic Tolling Could Be a Privacy Nightmare
![Virginia license plate that says "no spying"](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/va_plate_by_tony_alter_credit2-400x266.jpg)
Apr 26, 2018
Virginia Supreme Court Sees Through Police Claim That License Plate Data Isn’t ‘Personal’
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Feb 13, 2018
A California City Fights Off ICE’s Digital Deportation Machine
![New York License Plate](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog16-nylicenseplate-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 25, 2016
Documents Uncover NYPD’s Vast License Plate Reader Database
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Sep 10, 2015
Boston’s License Plate Reader Database Was Online in Plain Text With No Password Protection
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Jul 20, 2015
U.S. Department of Transportation Funding License Plate Readers, Documents Reveal
![Photo of cars on LA freeway at dusk](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/cars_on_freeway_by_raymond_shobe-400x266.jpg)
May 15, 2015
Internal Documents Show FBI Was 'Wrestling' With License Plate Scanner Privacy Issues