Flock License Plate Readers: Difference between revisions
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==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Illegal camera data sharing by California law enforcement agencies (2015-)=== | |||
California passed Senate Bill 34<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_201520160sb34|title=Senate Bill 34|access-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> in 2015 to limit how California police departments can use and share data collected from these cameras with other state's and federal law enforcement agencies. These limits have been found to be violated on several occasions with little enforcement or consequences for the misusing departments<ref>|Cite web|url=https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/23/california-police-sharing-flock-license-plate-data/|access-date=2025-08-27}}</ref>. Departments even potentially complying with the law have had their cameras used in searches that explicitly violate it by other law enforcement within the state due to how data sharing works within Flock's system, for example a CHP search labeled "ICE case". | |||
===False positive incidents (2025)=== | ===False positive incidents (2025)=== | ||
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In Española, New Mexico, 21-year-old Jaclynn Gonzales and her 12-year-old sister were held at gunpoint and handcuffed after Flock's system mistook a "2" for a "7" on their license plate, falsely flagging their vehicle as stolen.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-28 |title=License plate cover leads to traffic stop mishap |url=https://www.koat.com/article/espanola-police-license-plate-stolen-cover-traffic-stop/45361740}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Flock Safety: Eroding Your Privacy & Keeping You Safe with Surveillance |url=https://redact.dev/blog/flock-safety-lpr-privacy-surveillance/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |work=Redact}}</ref> | In Española, New Mexico, 21-year-old Jaclynn Gonzales and her 12-year-old sister were held at gunpoint and handcuffed after Flock's system mistook a "2" for a "7" on their license plate, falsely flagging their vehicle as stolen.<nowiki><ref></nowiki>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-28 |title=License plate cover leads to traffic stop mishap |url=https://www.koat.com/article/espanola-police-license-plate-stolen-cover-traffic-stop/45361740}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Flock Safety: Eroding Your Privacy & Keeping You Safe with Surveillance |url=https://redact.dev/blog/flock-safety-lpr-privacy-surveillance/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |work=Redact}}</ref> | ||
===Law enforcement stalking incidents (2022-2025)=== | ===Law enforcement stalking incidents (2022-2025)=== | ||
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Lawsuits show that Flock uses hacked data from breaches to develop a product that allows customers to “jump from LPR [license plate reader] to person, “allowing users to much more easily identify and track the movements of specific people around the country without a warrant or court order."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2025-05-14 |title=License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows |url=https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=404 Media}}</ref> | Lawsuits show that Flock uses hacked data from breaches to develop a product that allows customers to “jump from LPR [license plate reader] to person, “allowing users to much more easily identify and track the movements of specific people around the country without a warrant or court order."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2025-05-14 |title=License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows |url=https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=404 Media}}</ref> | ||
==Camera Locations== | ==Camera Locations== | ||