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Your bumper sticker could help Flock cameras track where you go — new bill aims to stop it

Rep. Pat Harrigan's bill would require warrants for ALPR searches, delete records within 24 hours and ban tracking political or religious stickers.

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Fox News· Oct 17, 12:00 PMYour bumper sticker could help Flock cameras track where you go — new bill aims to stop it

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