Fort Worth, Texas - June 12, 2012, Digital Recognition Network (http://www.drndata.com) is pleased to announce that their efforts to defeat California SB1330, legislation intended to outlaw the use of license plate recognition data for legitimate business and public safety purposes, have prevailed with the bill dying on the state senate floor without passage.
“We applaud the legislators who worked with us to defeat the bill, said Chris Metaxas, Chief Executive Officer of DRN. The value of DRN‘s license plate recognition data network stood out clearly among legislators who realized the ability of the private sector to create value by providing license plate identification data to law enforcement that helps ensure public safety. We are extremely pleased with this outcome and believe it reinforces the trend of private companies helping government protect and lower the tax burden for citizens,†Metaxas said.
An attempt by California legislators to eliminate the use of license plate recognition data for legitimate business purposes was designed to seriously undermine the ability of private entities to deliver substantial value to California consumers in the form of asset recovery solutions, risk mitigation, lowered insurance premiums, less-stringent credit requirements and improved flexibility from lenders seeking to help the economy in California.
“Quite frankly, we were surprised that California took on the challenge of trying to impose legislation that sought to restrict the stringent permissible-use guidelines already imposed by the federal government and in active use by all law enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and insurance companies who use license plate recognition data. We work closely with governments to ensure that standards of use are met and diligently enforced,†said Metaxas.
Many senior law enforcement officials personally connected with legislators to communicate their success stories of using license plate identification data to stop crime without the financial burden of developing and maintaining cumbersome technology at a high cost to tax payers. Peter Willingham, Chief Executive Officer of American Recovery Service agrees, “We sat through each committee session and were impressed at how law enforcement officials and independent associations made the case to legislators how privately provided license plate recognition data ensures public good.â€
About DRN
Digital Recognition Network (DRN) is a license plate recognition company exclusively focused on license plate recognition, asset recovery solutions, fraud mitigation and on automotive data derived from license plate identification. By recovering, storing and grouping data on vehicle location, where vehicles go and who drives them, DRN is able to provide value to clients to help them make better, more profitable decisions while preserving asset value. An industry pioneer in vehicle asset location technology and asset recovery solutions, DRN fuels a national network of more than 550 affiliates employing mobile license plate recognition technology that gathers the automotive data. Because this license plate identification technology is used in every major metropolitan area in the United States, DRN captures automotive data on up to 50 million vehicles each month. With more than three-quarter billion data points gathered to date, DRN has the largest vehicle location data base in existence. We are proud to maintain strict standards for privacy, compliance, and data integrity. For more information visit: http://www.drndata.com.