A police force must stop using number plate recognition technology after a warning from the UK's data watchdog.

The Information Commissioner's Office said Hertfordshire Constabulary's use of cameras in and around the town of Royston was in breach of the law.

"It is difficult to see why a small, rural town such as Royston requires cameras monitoring all traffic in and out of the town 24 hours a day," said Stephen Eckersley, the ICO's head of enforcement.

"Royston police decided to track everyone without any clear reason," said Privacy International executive director Gus Hosein.

"Just because a technology enables mass surveillance, that doesn't mean that it is right to do so."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23433138

been stopped twice in Oz because of computer hic-ups with this irritating technology.

not as many cameras as the UK but will get there eventually.

mixed feelings..cameras could be useful proving innocence,

hedda wrote:

mixed feelings..cameras could be useful proving innocence,

... but those who want to find you guilty control the cameras (and thus the evidence !)