1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

As your constituent, I urge you to pass legislation that reins in the use of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs). ALPRs are being used to track our movements, spy on our communities, and compile detailed databases on everywhere we travel in our vehicles. And it's far too easy for this data to be abused and misused. You have the power to protect us from this Big Brother surveillance, and that starts with passing legislation to either ban ALPRs or create strict regulations that include the following guardrails: Limiting data retention to hours or days, not weeks or a month or more Limiting data sharing by prohibiting local law enforcement from providing access to any other government entity unless they have a warrant for a felony crime that is recognized under local/state law Limiting usage to felony investigations, missing persons cases, identifying unregistered/uninsured vehicles, and certain limited non-enforcement scenarios, like electronic toll collection Requiring annual usage reporting and placing limits on the availability of ALPR data via open records requests so it cannot be used for troublesome purposes like stalking or embarrassing a person for entertainment value Each day these cameras remain active, they collect sensitive data that could be used to violate our rights. Please act now.