Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs)
Rolling out nationwide and throughout Massachusetts, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are the latest surveillance technology to trouble our liberties and invade our privacy. Without proper protections and regulations, ALPRs can be used to track motorists and build databases about the movements of ordinary citizens going about their daily lives. Visit our privacySOS site to learn more about this technology and how it is being deployed in Massachusetts. Please also get in touch with us if you are interested in working to fight misguided ALPR use in your community!
Resources
For more information about ALPR technology, visit:
• http://privacysos.org/technologies_of_control/ALPR
• http://privacysos.org/databaseinfo
Media
9.14.11
Brookline selectmen reject state grant for cruiser cameras
Boston.com
Brookline selectmen vote down state-funded license plate reader
Wicked Local Brookline
7.7.11
Brookline should say ‘no’ to automatic license plate readers
Brookline Tab op-ed
7.5.11
Police tout new cameras as tool to protect motorists; privacy advocates express concern
Patriot Ledger
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