Maine license plate reader law

Maine requires reads that match nothing to be destroyed almost immediately. A private company logging your trips in Maine does not have to delete them, because there is no general privacy law here that says so. You have no clear right to see what has been collected about you.

This state exempts this data from public records. The records branch dead-ends here, and asking will not change that.

Limit on how long data is kept: Strict

29-A M.R.S.A. § 2117-A. Data that is not intelligence and investigative record information may not be stored for more than 21 days. Source

Private cameras regulated: No

Maine has no comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect, so there is no general right to have a business delete data it holds about you. Source

You can see your own record: No

29-A M.R.S.A. § 2117-A. The statute does not address access by the registered owner. Source

Sharing restricted: Yes

29-A M.R.S.A. § 2117-A. Data is confidential and available only to a law enforcement agency carrying out its functions, or to an agency for the purpose it was collected. Source

Audits required: No

29-A M.R.S.A. § 2117-A. The statute requires no audit, though aggregate summary reports that identify nobody may be published. Source

Graded on all five criteria. Read against the statute itself.