Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The Irvine Company Caught Up In Privacy Struggle Over License Plate Data, ICE

The Irvine Company, which operates a huge list of shopping centers in Orange County and elsewhere, including Fashion Island and the Irvine Spectrum, is in the midst of a flap over license plate data sharing. The real estate development firm was accused of sharing license plate scanning data with ICE, according to a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The report claims that The Irvine Company started using driver license scanning at a number of its locations, using technology developed and operated by the company Vigilant Solutions--which is a contractor providing driver license information to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. In a statement released to the EFF, The Irvine Company said it is only use Vigilant's license plate scanning data at "our three Orange County regional shopping centers" and that Vigilant can only share that data "with local police departments."

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