Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database Repo drivers and others can pay a small fee to track cars.

With License Plate Recognition, parking enforcement vehicles have readers installed on the front corners of the roof that scan the license plates of parked vehicles facing the drive lane. Once a plate ...

Automated license plate recognition, or ALPR, is revolutionizing the repossession industry. In south suburban Lansing, Done Rite Recovery tracks repo targets by their license plates.