India, Sept. 20 -- A retired veteran in Virginia says he was shocked to learn just how often his car was being watched. Lee Schmidt, who lives in Norfolk, found out through a lawsuit that police license plate cameras tracked his vehicle 526 times between February 19 and July 2. That works out to about four times a day.

"It's a crazy high number. It was shocking," Schmidt told NBC News. "The creepiness level just went straight up."

Schmidt is one of two plaintiffs suing the city with the help of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian nonprofit law firm. His co-plaintiff, health care worker Crystal Arrington, says her car was logged even more at 849 times in less than five months, averaging six times daily, according to NBC News.

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