Judge Orders Fairfax Police To Stop Collecting Data From License Plate Readers
The ruling followed a related finding by the Virginia Supreme Court last year, meaning the case could affect how long Virginia police can keep license plate data. The ruling by Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith is a victory for privacy rights advocates who argued that the police could track a person's movements by compiling the times and exact locations of a car anytime its plate was captured by a license plate reader
