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Flock Safety Under Fire Over Surveillance | Greenville News
Flock Safety’s license plate readers are sparking a privacy firestorm as lawsuits and canceled contracts pile up. The company rolled out new privacy tweaks—shortening data retention to seven days, adding an “evidence mode,” and giving cities more control over access—to appease critics. But skeptics call it performative, arguing the tech still enables invasive tracking of everyday lives. Even with claims that users own their data and it auto-deletes, advocates say 30 days is too long for profiling. Reports of law enforcement misusing the tech to stalk exes have fueled outrage. Legal battles…
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