Fight Creepy Cameras: Organizing Against ALPRs in North Carolina Virtual Town Hall

August 20, 2026
6:15pm - 7:30pm (ET)

Virtual
Collage of privacy and surveillance related imagery, including a security camera, an automatic license plate reader, and a person holding a phone.

Summary


All North Carolinians have a right to privacy without billion-dollar technology companies turning our movements into products for profit. And yet, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are rapidly expanding across our state, allowing law enforcement to track people's movements in real time without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. This kind of mass surveillance puts our civil rights and civil liberties at risk.

But communities are fighting back and winning. After residents raised serious privacy concerns, Pittsboro and Hillsborough ended their ALPR contracts. Across North Carolina, more community members are organizing to push back against these invasive surveillance systems and demand stronger privacy protections.

Join the ACLU of North Carolina and the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project on August 20 from 6:15–7:30 pm ET for our Fight Creepy Cameras: Organizing Against ALPRs in North Carolina Virtual Town Hall.

We'll discuss:

  • How ALPR technology works and what data it collects.
  • The threats ALPRs pose to our privacy and civil liberties.
  • How to use ACLU resources to organize against ALPRs in your community.

Whether you're already organizing against ALPRs in your community or just getting started, this town hall is for you.