Deadline hits for law agencies to remove license plate readers from state roads
Florida law enforcement agencies were required to remove license plate readers from state-owned land by Wednesday. The directive follows Governor Ron DeSantis's concerns regarding data privacy and the potential for technology misuse.
Local law enforcement agencies in Florida were required to remove Flock-style license plate readers on state-owned land and right-of-ways on Wednesday. Those actions were required after Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed concern about data privacy and misuse of that technology last month. That led the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to issue a memorandum revoking existing […]
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