San Jose latest city to face questions whether federal authorities are accessing police license plate camera data

San Jose police allowed other California police agencies as recently as last June to search data from its vast network of automatic license plate reading cameras on apparent behalf of federal authorities in what critics charge were likely violations of state law intended to protect residents and immigrants from unreasonable government tracking.

San Jose is the latest city whose use of the cameras to snag criminal suspects, critics say, also threatens privacy and potentially runs afoul of...