American Prospect – As License Plate Tracking Increases, Privacy Advocates Press for More Regulation
“A license plate identifies a car, not a driver,” says Steve DelBianco, head of NetChoice, an e-commerce trade organization. “If you read a plate of a car driving by, you don’t have a prayer of determining who owns the car or who’s driving it.” He adds, “When the LPR data is kept in private hands, it’s only revealed when the government is pursuing an official investigation.”