News & Commentary about Automatic License Plate Readers


Aug 18, 2025
Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance

Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated

Apr 4, 2019
State Data Law Heightens Privacy Protection for Virginians

Mar 13, 2019
Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations

Jul 25, 2018
Connecticut’s Plan to Install Electronic Tolling Could Be a Privacy Nightmare

Apr 26, 2018
Virginia Supreme Court Sees Through Police Claim That License Plate Data Isn’t ‘Personal’

Feb 13, 2018
A California City Fights Off ICE’s Digital Deportation Machine

Jan 25, 2016
Documents Uncover NYPD’s Vast License Plate Reader Database

Sep 10, 2015
Boston’s License Plate Reader Database Was Online in Plain Text With No Password Protection

Jul 20, 2015
U.S. Department of Transportation Funding License Plate Readers, Documents Reveal