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Liberal Democrats in London uncover plans to track cars across England and Wales

August 4, 2007 11:24 PM
ANPR system

The Automatic Number Plate Recognition System

Following the decision to allow access by the Metropolitan Police to data from London congestion charge cameras for "national security" purposes, the Home Office "inadvertently" sent to the Liberal Democrats background papers discussing proposals to amend the Data Protection Act 1998 so that all police forces in England and Wales could have similar powers.

The cameras use Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology to link cars with owners' details, and the document warned of a potential public controversy over privacy and a creeping surveillance society.

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