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kstrauseryesterday at 7:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think it'd be challenging to rule that a license plate number is not personally identifiable information, when the same regulations often state that an IP address is.


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adrryesterday at 7:51 PM

Or home address, phone number, etc

uoaeiyesterday at 7:17 PM

"Anyone could have been driving my car, you can't positively identify me in the driver's seat with the evidence you have submitted" is routinely used to toss out cases involving traffic violations. It's not necessarily common but it does happen. By this logic a license plate does not personally identify the person driving, only the person the car is registered to.

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