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Minneapolis Police Catalog License Plates and Location Data

Posted by timothy on from the land-of-10000-cameras dept.

tripleevenfall writes "The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Minneapolis police used automated scanning technology to log location data for over 800,000 license plates in June alone, with 4.9 million scans having taken place this year. The data includes the date, time, and location where the plate was seen. Worse, it appears this data is compiled and stored for up to a year and is disclosed to anyone who asks for it."

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  1. Lawsuit by dmitrygr · · Score: 4, Funny

    in 3...2...1...

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    -------
    1. Enjoy your job
    2. Make lots of money
    3. Work within the law

    Choose any two.
    1. Re:Lawsuit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't want the authorities knowing how, when or where I choose to use my wedges, thank you very much.