Minnesota license plate reader law

Minnesota caps how long these records can be kept, in months rather than years. A private company logging your trips here has to delete them if you ask. You have no clear right to see what has been collected about you.

Limit on how long data is kept: Yes

Minn. Stat. § 13.824. Data not related to an active criminal investigation must be destroyed no later than 60 days from collection. Source

Private cameras regulated: Yes

Minnesota has a comprehensive consumer privacy law in effect carrying a right to delete, which reaches a private operator. Source

You can see your own record: Partial

Minn. Stat. § 13.824. No general right of access, but a participant in the Safe at Home programme may request destruction of data about them, and a person facing charges may request preservation. Source

Sharing restricted: Yes

Minn. Stat. § 13.824. Data not related to an active investigation may not be shared, disseminated, sold or traded unless the section or another law allows it. Source

Audits required: Yes

Minn. Stat. § 13.824. A public log is required, and an independent biennial audit of whether data is classified, how it is used, and whether it is destroyed as required. Source

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