license plate tracking

Your license plate could be getting scanned several times a day, in order to spot foul play, but law enforcement agencies aren't the only perpetrators.

Police officers in New Jersey have been able to "run your plates" for quite some time, but with an advanced piece of equipment that's gaining popularity across the state, they can do it much quicker and essentially without lifting a finger.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police across the country are increasingly monitoring car licenses plates, compiling giant databases of ordinary citizens and their daily comings and goings.

Yesterday, we told you about how police departments in New Jersey and across the nation are compiling a huge "Big Brother" database of information about the movements of all licensed vehicles in America.

It turns out 'big brother' is watching you after all.

The American Civil Liberties Union says in a new report that local police departments are amassing millions of digital records on the location and movement of Americans using automated license plate scanners.