Motorola sells Automated License Plate Readers to police departments for locating stolen or wanted vehicles and identifying parking-ticket scofflaws.
(Credit: Motorola)
The American Civil Liberties Union today sued the U.S. government to get access to information about how authorities are using automated license plate readers to track people's movements and location.
The ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests on July 30 with the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Transportation to try to find out how much officials use the technology and how much it is paying to expand the program. Agencies are required by law to respond to FOIA requests within 20 working days, but more than a month later, only one DOJ office and a few DOT agencies have responded, according to the ACLU.
So the advocacy group is asking a federal court in Massachusetts to compel the DHS and other DOJ offices (FBI, Marshals Service, Drug enforcement Agency, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)... [Read more]
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