⁍ The Virginia Supreme Court overturned an injunction that had blocked a local police department’s ‘passive’ use of an automated license plate reader system.

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⁍ The court in a Thursday ruling found that the passive data collection is lawful because the system doesn’t qualify as an ‘information system’ under a Virginia government data collection law.

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– The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Fairfax County Police Department in its use of an automated license plate reader, Westlaw Today reports. The high court overturned an injunction that had blocked the department’s “passive” use of the system. According to the Washington Post, the system uses cameras mounted on police cruisers to read license plates. The high court ruled the system is lawful because it doesn’t qualify as an “information system” under Virginia’s government data collection law. A lower court had ruled the system was unconstitutional because it didn’t meet the state’s definition of an “information system.” The high court’s decision reverses a lower court’s 2019 ruling. The decision in favor of the Fairfax County Police Department reversed an injunction that had blocked a local police department’s “passive” use of the automated license plate reader system. The Virginia Supreme Court overturned an injunction that had blocked a local police department’s ‘passive’ use of an automated license plate reader system. The Virginia Supreme Court overturned an injunction that had blocked a local police department’s ‘passive’ use of an automated license plate reader system. The court in a Thursday ruling found that the passive data collection is lawful because the system doesn’t qualify as an ‘information system’ under a Virginia government data collection law.