Flock License Plate Readers: Difference between revisions
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==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
====Freedom==== | ====Freedom==== | ||
There is no known way for individuals to opt-out of license plate readers from recording their vehicle's license plate. | |||
====Privacy==== | ====Privacy==== | ||
According to Flock Safety's website, the license plate readers don't violate an American's fourth amendment rights' due to them saying "license plates are not personal information" and "[the cameras] are not following a person around their daily business", despite law enforcement's ability to identify an individual based on a license plate number.<ref name="Flock-PE">{{Cite web|url=https://www.flocksafety.com/privacy-ethics|title=Privacy & Ethics|work=Flock Safety|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://archive.ph/OP55p|archive-date=2025-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref>. Flock also states the recordings and data is automatically "hard deleted" after 30 days. | |||
====Business model==== | ====Business model==== | ||
====Market control==== | ====Market control==== | ||
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===Privacy concerns (''2025'')=== | ===Privacy concerns (''2025'')=== | ||
{{Main|Privacy concerns with Flock cameras}} | {{Main|Privacy concerns with Flock cameras}} | ||
Many have voiced their concerns regarding the use of these cameras. Organizations such as [[No ALPRS]] (No Automatic License Plate Readers) are made up of state and local organizations to fight against the implementation of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noalprs.org/about|title=About|work=No ALPRS|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823135123/https://www.noalprs.org/about|archive-date=2025-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref> Tools such as ''DeFlock'' make it easy for people to identify the locations of the ALPRs, with there being over 30,000 reported worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deflock.me/|title=Find Nearby ALPRs|work=DeFlock|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728224453/https://deflock.me/|archive-date=2025-07-28|url-status=live}}</ref> | Many have voiced their concerns regarding the use of these cameras. Organizations such as [[No ALPRS]] (No Automatic License Plate Readers) are made up of state and local organizations to fight against the implementation of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noalprs.org/about|title=About|work=No ALPRS|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823135123/https://www.noalprs.org/about|archive-date=2025-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref> Tools such as ''DeFlock'' make it easy for people to identify the locations of the ALPRs, with there being over 30,000 reported worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deflock.me/|title=Find Nearby ALPRs|work=DeFlock|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728224453/https://deflock.me/|archive-date=2025-07-28|url-status=live}}</ref> The cameras are a primary talking point in American cities such as Austin and Denver, with [[Home Depot]] and [[Lowe's]] being the most common storefronts for them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/|title=Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops|first=Jason|last=Koebler|date=2025-08-06|work=404Media|access-date=2025-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823135847/https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/|archive-date=2025-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
===Example incident two (''date'')=== | ===Example incident two (''date'')=== | ||