Tolling
The ACLU-WA supports privacy protections in legislation that relates to tolling on the SR 520 bridge. Current plans call for the tolling to be all-electronic, using transponders and cameras reading license plates of every vehicle that crosses the bridge. This design raises privacy concerns for people who wish to drive on the bridge without being tracked or having records of their movement and personal information stored in a government database.
The ACLU-WA wants to ensure that there will be no price difference between options, allowing those who want to avoid getting a transponder to do so without paying a premium. We also want to minimize the length of time records for payments are kept, prohibit secondary use of those records, and prevent the use of toll transponders for surveillance purposes unrelated to toll payments.
