Should a warrant be required to track drivers and retain data on them? Why or why not? Does massive data collection and extensive records on file threaten the privacy of drivers?
Such data collection occurs regardless of whether the driver is a wanted criminal, and the vast majority are not. Vigilant Video distinguished itself from competitors by going one step further and collecting hundreds of millions of scans. Money has been available from homeland security grants and funds from Obama's Stimulus Bill (the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) and the result is an extraordinary volume of data on motorists.
Company hoarding license-plate data on US drivers