Flock Safety tightens privacy after misuse: plate data retention cut to 7 days
TechNadu · x · 2026-08-14
After officers used its license plate reader for personal surveillance, Flock Safety is tightening privacy controls. All customers must adopt proactive auditing, officers need case codes for searches, and default plate-data retention drops from 30 to 7 days.
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