License plate recognition cameras are "massive privacy violation": Privacy First
3 years, 5 months ago

License plate recognition cameras are "massive privacy violation": Privacy First

NL Times  

The Privacy First Foundation began summary proceedings against the state due to the Automatic Plate Number Recognition system which the interest group called a “massive privacy violation”. “This is not necessary at all, completely disproportionate and, moreover, ineffective,” Privacy First said referring to a report by the Scientific Research and Documentation Center, the knowledge institute for the Ministry of Justice. After all, the ANPR constitutes a massive violation of privacy and simply does not belong in a free democratic constitutional state,” Privacy First said. “Information about want license plates for the detection of suspects who committed a serious offense can be stored for a maximum of 28 days,” the police wrote on their website.

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Number plate cameras also used to scan motorists' faces: report
3 years, 7 months ago

Number plate cameras also used to scan motorists' faces: report

NL Times  

For the past five years, the police cameras along the Dutch highways were also used to photograph motorists' and passengers' faces even though there was no legal basis for doing so. The photos were used for investigative purposes, NRC reported based on an internal police report it gained access to. About a fifth of the ANPR cameras are advanced cameras …

Dutch Police now tracking suspects with facial recognition
8 years, 3 months ago

Dutch Police now tracking suspects with facial recognition

NL Times  

From today the Dutch police can track suspects using facial recognition - faces of suspects, from surveillance camera footage for example, can now be compared with a large database filled with photos of people with criminal records, NOS reports. You end up on the database if you are arrested for a crime that carries a prison sentence of at least …

Justice Min. wants to store license plate photos, despite privacy concerns
8 years, 6 months ago

Justice Min. wants to store license plate photos, despite privacy concerns

NL Times  

Minister Ard van der Steur of Security and Justice is pushing through with a law that will allow the police to store traffic camera photos showing license plates for up to four weeks. For an "additional guarantee for privacy protection" the police will only be allowed to access the license plate information after getting permission from the Public Prosecutor and …

Dutch police took three billion photos of car licence plates last year
9 years, 5 months ago

Dutch police took three billion photos of car licence plates last year

Dutch News  

The Dutch police and tax officials take three billion photographs of car number plates a year, the NRC says on Friday. The driver accuses the tax office of a mass invasion of privacy by taking so many photographs, which it uses to check if company car drivers are avoiding tax on their vehicles. But they are also passed on to …

Dutch police took three billion photos of car licence plates last year
9 years, 5 months ago

Dutch police took three billion photos of car licence plates last year

Dutch News  

The Dutch police and tax officials take three billion photographs of car number plates a year, the NRC says on Friday. The driver accuses the tax office of a mass invasion of privacy by taking so many photographs, which it uses to check if company car drivers are avoiding tax on their vehicles. But they are also passed on to …

EU privacy ruling may threaten number plate storage plan
10 years, 11 months ago

EU privacy ruling may threaten number plate storage plan

Dutch News  

Government plans to store footage of car number plates for up to four weeks to help solve ‘serious crimes’ may conflict with European privacy law, legal experts say in Thursday’s Trouw. On Tuesday, the European court of justice said government schemes to store private individual’s phone and internet data is illegal because of the implications for privacy. This may also …

EU privacy ruling may threaten number plate storage plan
10 years, 11 months ago

EU privacy ruling may threaten number plate storage plan

Dutch News  

Government plans to store footage of car number plates for up to four weeks to help solve ‘serious crimes’ may conflict with European privacy law, legal experts say in Thursday’s Trouw. On Tuesday, the European court of justice said government schemes to store private individual’s phone and internet data is illegal because of the implications for privacy. This may also …

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