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Half Moon Bay council hears privacy concerns as automated license-plate reader pilot runs
Summary
City staff updated the council on a 16-camera ALPR pilot administered by the sheriff's office and said the vendor will provide a transparency portal; public commenters raised ACLU-style privacy concerns and cited recent Mountain View disclosures about unauthorized searches of ALPR data.
Half Moon Bay city staff told the council that a 16-unit automated license-plate reader (ALPR) pilot — deployed at seven intersections and administered by the San Mateo County sheriff's office — is now active and that the vendor (Flock) will provide a transparency portal for community review.
Staff said the sheriff's office controls access to the ALPR data and that county personnel and attorneys are meeting…
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