Five@slrpnk.net to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoCops Released a Car’s Travel History to a Total Strangerwww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down12
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkCops Released a Car’s Travel History to a Total Strangerwww.404media.coFive@slrpnk.net to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareHello_there@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up36·4 months agoHoly shit. So you can just ask for anyone’s plate and the police will hand it out. That’s what their response says.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·4 months agoAs long as you follow the correct protocol and get the right staffer handling your request and live in Ohio. Other states have privacy controls that would block this from happening without explicit sign-off.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoThat’s so bizarre. In my country, only police can look up a licence plate, and only on official business - cops have lost their jobs for looking up friends, family and ex-girlfriend’s licenses.
Holy shit. So you can just ask for anyone’s plate and the police will hand it out. That’s what their response says.
As long as you follow the correct protocol and get the right staffer handling your request and live in Ohio.
Other states have privacy controls that would block this from happening without explicit sign-off.
That’s so bizarre.
In my country, only police can look up a licence plate, and only on official business - cops have lost their jobs for looking up friends, family and ex-girlfriend’s licenses.