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Citing increases in organized retail theft, several cities throughout the county are purchasing more automated license plate readers, but rampant data-sharing violations among law enforcement agencies, both Bay Area and

Several law enforcement agencies are reportedly rejecting guidance from California Attorney General Rob Bonta to not share the data.

Cops weaponizing license plate data harms vulnerable populations, lawyer says.

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation and California's ACLU chapters have asked more than 70 law enforcement agencies in the state to stop sharing location data from automated license plate readers with agencies in anti-abortion states.

EFF Press Release ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) - SAN FRANCISCO—Seventy-one California police agencies in 22 counties must immediately stop …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union say at least 71 California law enforcement agencies are putting abortion-seekers at risk by sharing license plate data with out-of-state entities.

Idaho has enacted a law that makes helping a pregnant minor get an abortion in another state punishable by two to five years in prison.

SAN FRANCISCO—Seventy-one California police agencies in 22 counties must immediately stop sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with law enforcement agencies in other states because it violates California law and could enable prosecution of abortion seekers and providers elsewhere,...

If passed, the proposed law would also require internet service providers to block websites that discuss access to abortion.