Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.
Tag Archives: license plate readers
Sacramento admits to tracking welfare recipients’ license plates
For 2 years, welfare investigators used a huge database of automated license plate reader images to sniff out fraud, without audit or policy.
California tests digital license plates. Is tracking cars next?
Beyond potential police surveillance, the plates could be as susceptible to hacking as other wireless and IoT technologies.
Massive DEA license plate reader program tracks millions of Americans
The DEA is license plate reader cameras to capture information on an enormous number of motorists, with some 793.5 million license plates stored in a database built for and with federal and local authorities. 