Local law enforcement agencies are recording your license plates and the locations of where you park, using this information to build a profile of where you travel. Automated license plate readers (ALPR) can scan up to 1800 plates per minute, collecting a mountain of data on unsuspecting drivers.
In my hometown of San Diego, this program has been in effect for at least 3 years and they've collected 40 million scans — about 15 locations for every registered vehicle in the county. I asked for access to my own data under the California Public Records Act. SANDAG refused, claiming my data was part of an "investigation."
Two weeks ago I filed a lawsuit against SANDAG, asking a Judge to order them to let me see the information they've collected about me. I don't believe the government should be collecting info on all of its citizens without cause.
--MR
