On March 19, a $2.9 million dollar expansion of San Pablo’s license plate reader system (already extensive) and a switch of vendors to troubled Vigilant Solutions was removed from the meeting consent calender, and then indefinitely postponed after local youth,…
Category: License Plate Readers
Sacramento Police Department License Plate Reader Data Sharing Report
The Sacramento Police Department’s Vigilant license plate reader system shares geolocation license plate data and photographs of Sacramento residents cars with 792 agencies, including the Post Office, Yellowstone National Park, the Franchise Tax Board, fusion centers in Florida, Ohio,…
2010-2012 FOIAS – ICE/HSI and National Vehicle Locator Service (NVLS)
EPIC and ACLU acquired via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documentation of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trial access to the National Vehicle Locator Service (NVLS) license plate reader database in the 2010-2012…
City of Alameda Rejects ALPR Contract With Vigilant
In the wake of recent revelations that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after years of trying, had successfully gained enhanced access to Vigilant’s private automated license plate reader database, the City of Alameda cancelled a planned expansion of their Vigilant…
Opting Out Of License Plate Scanning
Update: SB 712 failed to pass the CA State Senate on January 30, 2018 A bill before the CA State Legislature, SB 712, would make it easier to exercise your legal right to opt out of automatic license plate…
Alameda Health Systems Removes Hidden License Plate Reader From Highland Hospital Emergency Entrance
From the East Bay Express: 11/30/2017 by Darwin Bond Graham ** A controversial automated license plate reader camera that was installed at the driveway entrance of Oakland’s Highland Hospital in 2014 has been removed by the hospital. Director of Government…
CA Supreme Court Rules Bulk License Plate Scans Not Exempt From Public Records Act
In a huge public interest victory, the CA Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement bulk license plate scans (APRS) are not exempt from the California Public Records Act and constitute public records, overturning a Superior court decision. The case…
Oakland Privacy Commission – License Plate Readers
In this brief clip from the July 6 Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission meeting, Oakland Police Department Assistant Chief John Lois stated under questioning that he was aware of no legal authority that allows the collection of data on people…