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Automatic number plate recognition is now part of ordinary UK driving, from motorway gantries to retail car parks. This guide explains who holds the data, how long it may be kept, and how drivers can lawfully check whether their plate has been misread or over-retained.
A dashcam is not a passive accessory: it is a continuously operating sensor that logs number plates, locations, speeds and sometimes voices. This guide sets out what UK devices capture, when police, insurers, employers and other motorists can ask for the footage, and how to configure storage and sharing so the car does not become an evidence locker you no longer control.
Most UK smart homes collect more data than their owners realise, from video doorbells and baby monitors to robot vacuums and televisions. This room-by-room audit explains what each device can see or hear, which cloud defaults to change and how network separation limits the damage from one weak gadget.
We analysed Freedom of Information responses from councils and police forces across the UK to compare public space cameras and ANPR sites per 1,000 residents. The rankings contain genuine surprises — including how many cameras nobody can confirm are working.