Public Safety - Automatic License Plate Readers - Captured Plate Data Storage and Upload

This Maryland bill updates regulations surrounding automatic license plate readers to clarify how captured data is stored, owned, and shared. It explicitly includes data stored via cloud computing in the definition of historical data and establishes that such data remains the property of the law enforcement agency that collected it, prohibiting its sale or unauthorized transfer to other agencies. The legislation also expands criminal penalties to cover vendors contracted by police departments and mandates strict procedures for auditing data access and reporting security breaches. Additionally, the bill requires the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center and relevant agencies to report the number of unreadable license plates during a specific six-month period.