Vermont license plate reader law

Vermont has a cap, but a long one. A limit measured in months or years is a record of everywhere you went in that time. A private company logging your trips in Vermont does not have to delete them, because there is no general privacy law here that says so. You have no clear right to see what has been collected about you.

This state exempts this data from public records. The records branch dead-ends here, and asking will not change that.

Limit on how long data is kept: Partial

23 V.S.A. §§ 1607, 1608. Information gathered through an ALPR system may be retained only for 18 months, unless a preservation request, disclosure order or warrant applies. Source

Private cameras regulated: No

Vermont has no comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect, so there is no general right to have a business delete data it holds about you. Source

You can see your own record: No

23 V.S.A. §§ 1607, 1608. No right of access is given to the registered owner. Source

Sharing restricted: Yes

23 V.S.A. §§ 1607, 1608. Use is confined to law enforcement officers acting for a legitimate law enforcement purpose. Source

Audits required: Yes

23 V.S.A. §§ 1607, 1608. The State Auditor examines requests that resulted in a release of historical data, to determine whether they complied with the statute. Source

Graded on all five criteria. Read against the statute itself.