Tell the Michigan House: Protect Our Privacy!

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The Michigan House of Representatives recently introduced two bills, House Bills 5492 and 5493, to regulate the use of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in Michigan. These two bills protect our constitutional rights while balancing public safety by setting common-sense limits on ALPR use and data retention and requiring transparency and accountability through public reporting.

What are Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs)?

Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are high-speed cameras that photograph every passing car. They capture your license plate number, date, time, and location. When thousands of these readers blanket our streets – and the data is stored for potentially years – it can become a powerful tracking system.

ALPRs can serve a legitimate purpose, like alerting police to a car connected to a specific criminal investigation, or helping to find a missing person. Those examples are only a small fraction of searches, which means agencies are storing massive amounts of data, mostly about people who've done nothing wrong.

House Bills 5492 and 5493 would protect our privacy and civil rights by establishing common-sense guardrails around ALPR technology.

House Bill 5492 prohibits captured plate data from being shared with entities that do not follow proper retention and access principles, and outlines that the violation of this could be subject to reasonable damages. HB 5492 would additionally prohibit agencies from storing unflagged data on innocent people for longer than 14 days.

House Bill 5493 would regulate the usage of ALPRs, where they may be used only for specific usages, including missing persons or criminal investigations, stolen vehicle recovery, insurance and registration compliance, and parking enforcement. When utilizing this technology, agencies would be required to submit public reporting on how ALPRs are being used.

Automatic License Plate Readers continue to be used as a mass surveillance tool, left unregulated at the state level. House Bills 5492 and 5493 provide an opportunity to establish meaningful guardrails that protect the privacy and civil rights of millions of Michigan drivers across the state.

Join us in contacting your Michigan House Representative to show your support for this much-needed legislation.

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What are Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs)?

House Bills 5492 and 5493 would protect our privacy and civil rights by establishing common-sense guardrails around ALPR technology.

Join us in contacting your Michigan House Representative to show your support for this much-needed legislation.

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Michigan House Representative

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I am writing today in support of House Bills 5492 and 5493. I urge you to vote yes on this critical bill package.

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Michiganders across the entire state deserve the protection of their privacy and civil rights. I urge you to vote yes on this critical bill package when it comes for a vote on the House floor.

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