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DVLA driver data-sharing project delayed by costs

...measures to avoid detection by the police, Penning said in the debate. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology, used by the police to scan car... Read more

24 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

PSNI plan for number plate recognition system spending

...to spend some of £12.9m in additional government security funding on automatic number plate recognition cameras. A spokesperson for the service told GC News... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Kable

Home Office reviews Hendon police datacentre

...from HDC are the police national computer and the national database for automatic number plate recognition.May said the review will correspond with the phasing... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Mark Say

Devon police fight ANPR disclosure order

...force will appeal a judgement that it should reveal locations of its automatic number plate recognition cameras. The force will contest a ruling that could... Read more

11 May, 2011

Government restricts 'snooping' surveillance

...camera commissioner, as well as a code of practice for CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (APNR). Decisions about the deployment of CCTV cameras will... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Surveillance state on the rise, says report

...concern. There continues to be a major problem with CCTV systems and automatic number plate recognition [ANPR] cameras that can read thousands of car number... Read more

15 November, 2010 by Kable

'Clunky' IT systems hamper police work

...by the police and other criminal justice agencies. The system includes police automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR), which law enforcement bodies argue is necessary to... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
DTK ANPR SDK 1.3 build 34

DTK ANPR SDK 1.3 build 34

DTK ANPR SDK (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) is a developer library for vehicle license plate recognition... Read more

15 May, 2012
Character Recognition and Transmission of Characters Using Network Security

Character Recognition and Transmission of Characters Using Network Security

...network channel by using encryption & decryption techniques. This paper includes implementation of automatic number plate recognition, which ensures a process of number plate detection, processes... Read more

1 November, 2011

Detectives get social media training

...how to obtain evidence from hardware, including computers, mobile phones, CCTV and automatic number plate recognition cameras as well as social media. "Detectives are under... Read more

3 November, 2010 by Shelley Portet

National database stores 14m number plates a day

...and Wales are passing up to 14 million reads per day from automatic number-plate recognition cameras to a national database. All but two of... Read more

3 February, 2010 by Kable
Acpo: Police swamped by CCTV data

Acpo: Police swamped by CCTV data

...have the capability to track a car in real time using the Automatic Number Plate Recognition System (ANPR). "The problem is the amount of data... Read more

15 May, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Gov't faces backlash over e-Borders travel database

A database that will enable the government to track everybody entering and leaving the UK has been criticised by political parties and privacy campaigners Read more

9 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Airport trials face-scanning technology

...to the UK travelling without a fingerprint visa. The Home Office said automatic number-plate recognition technology, already in place at 10 ports, will be... Read more

20 August, 2008 by Kable

Privacy tsar: Gov't comms database 'a step too far'

...the DNA database, and the centralised collection and retention of data from automatic number-plate-recognition cameras. Thomas said: "Before major new databases are launched... Read more

16 July, 2008 by Nick Heath

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