In Germany, your privacy is protected in public places as well. A German court just recently ordered a German state to turn off an automated license plate reade

In Germany, your privacy is protected in public places as well. A German court just recently ordered a German state to turn off an automated license plate reader: http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/b6-streckenradar-verwaltungsgericht-hannover-untersagt-sektorkontrolle-a-1238579.html http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/b6-streckenradar-verwaltu... (only available in German)