ANPR

British

abbreviation

Automatic Number Plate Recognition: a surveillance technology which uses optical character recognition on camera images to read a vehicle's numberplate

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Google, Facebook, and Apple did not immediately respond to a request on how they would respond to the ANPR.

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2022

The European Parliament also commissioned a report from the lawyer John Temple Lang which was more sceptical about the use of ANPR.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2018

He wrote: "ANPR at unmanned border crossings would also allow the identification of commercial vehicles required to present themselves at manned border crossings."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2018

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