City of Evanston, Illinois, to Protect Privacy of Abortion, Gender-Care Patients by Limiting License Plate Reader Tech

City of Evanston, Illinois, to protect privacy of abortion, gender-care patients by limiting license plate reader tech

CHICAGO — In response to reports of Texas officials using automatic license plate reading technology to track a woman who traveled to Illinois for an abortion, Evanston officials passed an ordinance that would limit data sharing in similar cases to…

Murphy law fights crime on expressways, protects residents’ privacy

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Laura Murphy’s law to bring to justice to victims of human trafficking by expanding the expressway camera program to target traffickers was signed into law Monday. “With this law we send a clear message: Illinois is not a safe haven for human traffickers,” said Murphy (D-Des Plaines). “By empowering law enforcement with the tools necessary to identify human traffickers in real time, we are helping with investigations,…