Flock Safety Adds Privacy Controls After 50 Officers Caught Stalking Via License-Plate Readers

Flock Safety, operating 120,000 license-plate cameras across the US, announced privacy controls on August 14 after at least 50 officers were accused, charged, or convicted of using the system to stalk romantic partners and exes. Measures include cutting default data retention from 30 days to 7, mandatory case codes for all searches, automated audit flagging with user lockout, and offence-based filters on inter-agency data access.