![]() The data could be retained by a law enforcement agency for not more than 60 days, unless it was being used as evidence of a violation of the compulsory motor vehicle insurance law and various crimes.Ĭivil rights groups objects to the dragnet collection and storage of license plate data of vehicles. The captured plate data would include GPS coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number, “and any other data captured by or derived from an automatic license plate recognition system and includes both historical and active data,” according to the text of the legislation. Data collected could only be used for law enforcement. A pilot program under the bill, called Statewide Motor Vehicle Theft and Uninsured Motorists Identification Program, provided for data captured by the cameras to be accessed by local law enforcement agencies as well as external entities selected to operate the technology and software for the program. ![]() The bill had earlier been passed by the Louisiana House of Representatives besides the Senate. ![]() “Camera programs such as these that make private information readily available beyond the scope of law enforcement, pose a fundamental risk to personal privacy and create large pools of information belonging to law abiding citizens that unfortunately can be extremely vulnerable to theft or misuse,” he added.
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