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Sep
2025
A Colorado lawmaker is considering legislation to regulate automated license plate readers (ALPRs) after misuse in Louisville, where data was shared with federal agents. The proposed bill aims to protect privacy by requiring a warrant for data access.
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20
Sep
2025
20
Sep
2025
An Orange County, FL family discovered their truck had been 'cloned' and registered in another state, preventing them from renewing their own registration. This highlights how criminals exploit insecure state vehicle databases, creating legal nightmares for innocent owners.
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19
Sep
2025
Several New Jersey towns are using 'SafetySticks' for automated parking enforcement, mailing tickets to vehicle owners after capturing images of cars in no-parking zones. This raises privacy and due process concerns.
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19
Sep
2025
The EFF and ACLU demand the SFPD stop illegally sharing license plate reader (ALPR) data with ICE and out-of-state agencies, a violation of California law that endangers immigrants and abortion seekers.
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19
Sep
2025
An opinion piece arguing that Colorado communities should disable their Flock Safety license plate reader networks. The author contends the mass surveillance system violates constitutional rights, aids controversial immigration enforcement, and chills free speech, outweighing any purported crime-fighting benefits.
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19
Sep
2025
18
Sep
2025
An investigation reveals how automatic license plate readers in a small Virginia town shared data on millions of vehicles with police nationwide, creating a vast surveillance network with little public oversight. A new state law now limits this practice.
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18
Sep
2025
A lawsuit in Norfolk, Virginia, reveals Flock Safety's license plate readers tracked one driver 526 times in four months, raising Fourth Amendment concerns about mass surveillance and the creation of a vast, searchable, nationwide location database used by police.
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