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LICENSE PLATES AS YOIU DRIVE ON
LOCAL ROADS.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
22NEWS AT 5:30. I'M BARRY
KRIGER. THE ACLU WANTS TO KNOW
ABOUT THOSE LICENSE PLATE
READERS POLICE AND THE PARKING
AUTHORITY USE TO TRACK DOWN
CRIMINALS, OR PEOPLE WITH
OUTSTANDING TICKETS. 22NEWS
REPORTER LAURA HUTCHINSON TELLS
US ABOUT A LAWSUIT IN THE WORKS.
THE ACLU IS SUING TWO FEDERAL
AGENCIES IN AN EFFORT TO FIND
OUT WHAT THEY DO WITH LICENSE
LICENSE PLATE READERS SCAN UP TO
1800 PLATES A MINUTE, AND THEN
COMPARE THE INFORMATION TO
DATABASES TO TRACK THINGS LIKE
STOLEN CARS, OR MISSING
CHILDREN. BUT, THE ACLU HAS
CONCERNS ABOUT HOW LONG THE
INFORMATION IS STORED, HOW IT'S
IT. THE SPRINGFIELD PARKING
AUTHORITY USES A SIMILIAR
SYSTEM. THE COMPTROLLER THERE
INFORMATION, NOTHING PERSONAL
ABOUT THE DRIVER, AND IT'S ONLY
USED FOR TICKETING PURPOSES.
THE SYSTEM DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
WITH IT IT DOESN'T INQUIRE WITH
LOOKING FOR AN IMPRESSION. ONCE
WE FIND A MATCH THEN WE KNOW THE
PLATE OWES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
MONEY, THEN WE PLACE A NOTICE ON
THE WINDOW NOTIFYING THE OWNER
OF THE VEHICLE.
HE ALSO SAID THEIR SYSTEMS PURGE
THE DATA AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND SAY THEY USE IT ONLY TO
IT'S UNREGULATED.
SO, THIS IS THE TOPIC OF OUR
22NEWS INTERACTIVE INTERNET
BE ABLE TO USE EQUIPMENT TO SCAN
WWLP.COM TO MAKE YOUR VOICE
22NEWS TONIGHT AT 11.