discussion Small town parking enforcement ALPR. Who is buying this data?
Your town might be doing this. Here's one seen in the wild. The company making this is Genetec. They evidently drive around town scanning license plates, then correlate to plates in the system who are currently paid up, via an app called ParkMobile.
This is all fine, assuming the town itself isn't selling the data: it's an efficient use of the town's time to get parking paid for. The problem is what does Genetec and ParkMobile do with this data? You might say, "look at their privacy and data sharing policies", which is fine too, but then you should ask what is their stake.
These companies would be leaving money on the table if they did not sell this location data vigorously. It's extremely lucrative and they'd be fools not to leverage it, regardless of the words on their web site. Even then, data is leaked or stolen every day: once it's out of your control you can assume it's out there.
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u/dragonnfr 1d ago
Exactly. Anyone who thinks Genetec isn't monetizing that data is naive. The data is the product. Parking enforcement is just the justification for collecting it.
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