Houston ICE Office License Plate Database Access Violates ICE Policy

Early this year privacy advocates had a win when ICE retracted its planned policy to allow access to a national law enforcement license-plate tracking system.

Local ICE offices didn’t like this. So, they started buying access to a private company’s vehcile registration database. Houston ICE office is noted as buying the private company’s vehicle database.

On going criminal investigations, where constitutional protections apply, are one thing, but open access to a private company’s vehicle registration database is concerning to privacy rights adovates and civil libertarians. [Washington Post]