Require Police to Get a Warrant to Search ALPR Data

October 19, 2026 · 11:28 pm 1 sources

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• Require Police to Get a Warrant to Search ALPR Data
  This article was originally published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (CC BY). · October 19, 2026 23:28
  This post was co-written by Andi Cao , an EFF legal intern. Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are mass surveillance. They photograph every passing car and log where and when it was captured, building a searchable record of where nearly everyone drives. Cities should not buy them , and cities…