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    "title": "Eyes on the Road: Strengthening Fourth Amendment Protections Against Law Enforcement's Accelerating Use of Automated License Plate Readers",
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    "abstract": "Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) have become a critical tool to help law enforcement collect and analyze vehicle records to locate stolen cars and cars sought in connection with other crimes. ALPRs capture images of license plates, accompanied by timestamps and location data, to generate real-time alerts and support the investigation of crimes after the fact. Because vehicles are a nearly inevitable fact of American life, the widespread use of ALPR technology raises profound privacy concerns.\nLower courts have begun to address the privacy risks posed by expansive and long-term ALPR surveillance, at times drawing parallels to the cell-site location data in Carpenter v. United States. Accordingly, this Comment explores the constitutional implications of warrantless ALPR data collection and use, analyzing the technology’s potential to infringe on the rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.\nWith privacy in mind, this Comment proposes a judicial rule consistent with Carpenter that would require a warrant to access ALPR data that is older than six days. This would limit the retention of data about vehicles not tied to criminal investigations while balancing individual privacy interests with law enforcement’s needs. As ALPR technology evolves, so too must the legal frameworks governing its use to ensure that privacy rights are not unduly compromised in the name of public safety.",
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            "first_name": "Alyssa",
            "middle_name": "Archuleta",
            "last_name": "Stolmack",
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    "date_submitted": "2025-10-20T16:48:30+01:00",
    "date_accepted": "2025-10-20T16:48:30+01:00",
    "date_published": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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