Flock Is Finally Requiring Police to Have a Real Reason Before Searching Its Camera Database

Flock is finally requiring police to have a real reason before searching its camera database

Until recently, users were required to explain why they were conducting a search by typing into an open text field. Flock said those entries were not always specific enough. The company has replaced the field with a drop-down menu of standardized categories based on the FBI's crime-reporting system.Read Entire Article

Flock Changes Search Rules Ahead of Senate Hearing on Privacy Concerns

Democrats and Republicans broadly agreed that, in the wrong hands, the devices could be used to target everyone from gun owners to people seeking abortion care.

Flock tightens search rules ahead of Senate surveillance hearing

Flock Safety said Wednesday it has tightened the rules for searching its database of billions of license-plate scans ahead of a Senate hearing set to scrutinize whether the company’s rapidly expanding surveillance network has outpaced meaningful safeguards. At the outset of the hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Flock issued him a letter saying it […]

Flock tightens search rules just as Hawley hosts Senate hearing

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