Constitutional Paulicy
03-19-2014, 10:07 PM
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Reports of the Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Dan Froomkin 17 Mar 2014, 4:03 PM EDT
A new law in Utah restricts plate-readers to law enforcement use. But just last month, Vigilant and DRN sued to overturn it, saying — of all things — that their First Amendment rights had been violated. “Any citizen of Utah can walk outside and photograph anything they please, including a license plate,” the companies’ lawyer said in a statement.
The Utah Republican who first proposed the restrictions is now pushing for a measure that would instead prohibit state and local agencies from working with any company that keeps data longer than nine months.
“If your license plate is scanned often enough and put into a database, it eventually becomes like unto a warrantless search,” State Sen. Todd Weiler told the Salt Lake Tribune. “It’s a little bit too Big Brother to me. It’s a little bit creepy to me and an invasion of privacy.”
more here.... https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/17/1756license-plate-tracking-database/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWOL_U-OMg&feature=player_embedded
Reports of the Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
By Dan Froomkin 17 Mar 2014, 4:03 PM EDT
A new law in Utah restricts plate-readers to law enforcement use. But just last month, Vigilant and DRN sued to overturn it, saying — of all things — that their First Amendment rights had been violated. “Any citizen of Utah can walk outside and photograph anything they please, including a license plate,” the companies’ lawyer said in a statement.
The Utah Republican who first proposed the restrictions is now pushing for a measure that would instead prohibit state and local agencies from working with any company that keeps data longer than nine months.
“If your license plate is scanned often enough and put into a database, it eventually becomes like unto a warrantless search,” State Sen. Todd Weiler told the Salt Lake Tribune. “It’s a little bit too Big Brother to me. It’s a little bit creepy to me and an invasion of privacy.”
more here.... https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/17/1756license-plate-tracking-database/