TL;DR: California's highway surveillance network is facing renewed scrutiny after privacy and civil rights advocates discovered dozens of concealed license plate readers in the southern part of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A surveillance camera is seen in the median of West Cesar Chavez Street at Lavaca Street next to Austin City Hall on Wednesday, ...

As Austin has retreated from using surveillance technology in policing, the Texas Department of Public Safety has installed several license plate reader cameras along at least one major roadway in the ...

More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the groups believe ...

Audience members who object to a Flock ALPR contract seated in the council chambers at City Hall, Dec. 9, 2025. (File photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) More than two dozen privacy and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse Common Council is poised to approve a contract with a new license plate reader vendor that councilors say will better protect resident privacy. Councilors held a ...

Legislation to regulate the use of automated license plate readers amid concerns over federal immigration agents accessing data the devices collect, passed the Washington state Senate on Wednesday. It ...

Under Donald Trump’s control, federal agents are using a surveillance tool to learn where immigrants, trans people, and abortion seekers live, work, and go to school. They’re called automated license ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — People in a north Austin neighborhood are raising concerns about license plate readers they say are new. Their concerns surround how the technology may be used to coordinate with ...

SEATTLE — A bill aimed at regulating automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras has successfully passed the Washington State Senate with a 40-9 vote. Sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), SB ...