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California Attorney General Issues Memo Prohibiting Out-of-State Sharing of ALPR Data
by Anthony W. Accurso
Rob Bonta, the Attorney General for the state of California, issued a memo to law enforcement agencies in the state, which interprets SB 34 and forbids them from sharing with out-of-state agencies data collected from automated license plate readers (“ALPRs”).
ALPRs are controversial. …
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