private license plate data

State sues city of El Cajon over sharing of data from license plate readers

By Jennifer Vigil, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association

Photo:  a San Diego intersection where there are two automated license plate reader cameras on the streetlights. (File photo by Gabrielle Wallace/Times of San Diego)

October 4, 2025 (El Cajon) - California is suing El Cajon over the city’s lack of compliance with a state law prohibiting the sharing of license plate data with federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies.


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