Bay Area Company Creating Massive Vehicle Location Database from Police License Plate Scanning

Make your own conclusions.

Consider what work arounds can negate this.

This company is just another CopDom whore and can be treated as such.

Echo21 out.

via SF Gate

Capitalizing on one of the fastest-growing trends in law enforcement, a private company in Livermore has compiled a database bulging with more than 550 million bits of information that let police know when and where specific license plates of both innocent and criminal drivers were spotted.

While privacy rules restrict what police can do with their own databases, Vigilant Video, headquartered in Livermore, offers a loophole. It's a private business that is not required to operate by those same rules.