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Connecticut town expresses privacy concerns over parking kiosks

The Luke II kiosks can read license plate data, which has been a subject of concern over privacy for several council members.

August 15, 2014

The Middletown, Conn., city council expects to save $44,000 a year for the city with the installation of six new parking kiosks approved by the Common Council, according to The Middletown Press.

The Luke II kiosks can read license plate data, which has been a subject of concern over privacy for several council members. One solution, offered by Republican Councilman David Bauer, is to stamp each invoice from kiosk provider Integrated Technical Systems with "no agency has subpoenaed our data."

Republican Sebastian Giuliano discovered after attending an information session about the kiosks "that the license plate data does not cross reference to any other database — at least not at this time," the article said.

Democratic Councilman Grady Faulkner recommended the city construct a privacy policy in addition to requesting the company establish limits on data storage.

"We must have notice if data can be shared or retrieved in the future," Faulkner said in the article.

The kiosks will replace an older system that experienced credit card and ticket jams.