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Daily Dashboard | License Plate Reader Controversy at Forefront After Wednesday’s Killings Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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After Virginia State Police used an automatic license-plate reader (ALPR) to spot Vester Lee Flanagan fleeing the scene after shooting to death two journalists, the debate over ALPRs has come to the forefront, SC Magazine reports. While organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union have spoken out against the devices for the privacy implications for ordinary citizens, police departments say they’re a critical tool in controlling crime. Jennifer Lynch, senior staff attorney at the EFF said while ALPRs may be useful “in an extreme scenario like this one, that shouldn’t mean the police can indiscriminately keep data for an extended period of time on all other cars in the area.”
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