Oregon lawmakers are weighing legislation for next year to regulate local law enforcement’s use of license plate reading software and streamline the compensation process for wrongfully convicted individuals. During a Monday hearing, the six-member Senate Interim Judiciary Committee heard about use of automated license plate reading technology across the state alongside broader efforts to target […]

A Eugene resident backed by Oregon’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued his city for access to the locations of license-plate readers using software that privacy watchdogs and activists say could target out-of-state abortion seekers and immigrants without permanent legal status. Seth May, a member of the anti-surveillance group Eyes Off Eugene, filed […]