{"id":28685,"date":"2015-03-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.news.gov.hk\/en\/categories\/law_order\/html\/2015\/03\/20150320_193654.shtml"},"modified":"2015-03-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T04:00:00","slug":"plate-recognition-system-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2015\/03\/20\/plate-recognition-system-to-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Plate recognition system to launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.news.gov.hk\/images\/home\/Categories_generic_icons\/Law_and_Order\/Crime_02.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Police traffic branch will fully implement the automatic number plate recognition system on Monday, to enhance frontline officers\u2019 law enforcement efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The system comprises a camera and a computer loaded with data from the Transport Department. It will automatically scan vehicles\u2019 plate numbers and compare them with the database. If a vehicle is found to have been connected with a serious traffic contravention, it will be stopped for further enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Police will focus on taking enforcement action against disqualified or wanted drivers, and vehicles without a licence.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The data collected will be automatically deleted after each operation. The Department of Justice has confirmed that the system complies with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and Data Protection Principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The system will assist frontline officers in identifying vehicles and drivers in contravention of traffic regulations and combating traffic offences effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.news.gov.hk\/images\/home\/Categories_generic_icons\/Law_and_Order\/Crime_02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The Police traffic branch will fully implement the automatic number plate recognition system on Monday, to enhance frontline officers&rsquo; law enforcement efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The system comprises a camera and a computer loaded with data from the Transport Department. It will automatically scan vehicles&rsquo; plate numbers and compare them with the database. If a vehicle is found to have been connected with a serious traffic contravention, it will be stopped for further enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Police will focus on taking enforcement action against disqualified or wanted drivers, and vehicles without a licence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The data collected will be automatically deleted after each operation. The Department of Justice has confirmed that the system complies with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and Data Protection Principles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The system will assist frontline officers in identifying vehicles and drivers in contravention of traffic regulations and combating traffic offences effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-chinese-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28686,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28685\/revisions\/28686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}