S.B. 712 would clear up a major inconsistency in state law: currently, a driver is allowed to cover their entire vehicle, including the license plate, to protect the car from the weather. It stands to reason: we should also be allowed to cover just the license plate when parked to protect our privacy from data collectors or those who seek us harm.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/california-senate-hear-effs-license-plate-cover-bill
Across the country, private companies are deploying vehicles mounted with automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to drive up and down streets to document the travel patterns of everyday drivers. These systems take photos of every license plate they see, tag them with time and location, and upload…