Little Brother is Watching Too
Author: Carlton Purvis, Published on Mar 20, 2014Login to read this IPVM report.
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Comments (6)
Marty Major
I agree that there is a big difference in the regulation of govt (specifically LE) vs private data collection - but private company regulation (which I also agree is troublesome) is only required because govt agencies make their license plate database available 'publicly', no?
Private companies can take pictures of plates all day.... it doesn't mean anything until they can translate that plate number/letter sequence into identifiable personal data.
So, regulate govt collection parameters, and regulate govt release of personal data (plate 'info') like we do for every other type of personal data - and then regulation of 'taking pictures in public' is a moot point.
What you say? :)
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Matt Ion
Borderline apropos of nothing, I was just idly wondering whether the ACLU has surveillance in any of their offices, or their staff in any of their homes...
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Zeb Pena
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Mark Nicol
Marty, what license plate data do you think law enforcement is making public? Other than when someone files a freedom of information actrequest, I don't know of any agencies that provide any plate information to the public or to private industry. And even under this filing, the only information released would be a plate number, location and date/time. Any motor vehicle registration information is/ should not be associated with ALPR data and would probably violate a number of laws if provided.
Some agencies do share information with other law enforcement agencies through fusion centers but I don't know of any data sharing to private businesses. Vigilant will allow law enforcement access to the privately collected data from mobile ALPR but the law enforcement data is retained within the respective agencies.
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