Governments should prohibit sharing with external agencies, especially agencies in other states, in order to protect abortion seekers crossing state lines and to protect providers in their state from being investigated by other states. EFF research has found that agencies will frequently give hundreds of other agencies across the country open access to their ALPR databases.
In California, it is illegal for agencies to share ALPR data out of state; nevertheless, many agencies are careless and do not vet the agencies they share with. EFF and the ACLU of Northern Californiathe Marin County Sheriff's Office on behalf of community activists over this very issue in a case settled earlier this year.
and reduce the retention period to three minutes, except for vehicles already connected to a non-abortion-related crimeLaw enforcement agencies should not install ALPRs near reproductive health facilities. Agencies should either prohibit their officers from using patrol-vehicle mounted ALPRs to canvass areas around reproductive health facilities, or require them to turn ALPRs off when approaching an area with such a facility.