The privacy campaigning organisation Open Rights Group has teamed up with a Green Party politician to challenge measures that would allow police to put under surveillance tens of thousands of motorists driving around London every day.
The steps were taken without public consultation by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
In 2014 Khan’s predecessor, Boris Johnson, granted the Metropolitan Police “limited access” to data from Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Automated Number-Plate Recognition (ANPR) roadside cameras so they could track criminals or find suspects’ cars.
In September 2021 ANPR cameras were crucial in tracing a Nissan Micra car belonging to the killer of Sabina Nessa, who was murdered in a park in Kidbrooke, southeast London….