The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed the expansion of license plate readers on state rights-of-way in Austin. This, as you’d expect, has been followed by questions about which agencies can actually see the data those cameras collect. We’re finally starting to learn the answers after further cameras were installed this year.
Last summer there were privacy concerns around these automatic license plate readers. After a test came to an end in 2025, drivers were worried about how their details were being searched for and where/what was being saved.
While Austin has given up on the project, the DPS system sits on state-controlled roads. This is shared across the state of Texas…