Flock Tightens Controls After Police Misuse Sparks Backlash
TL;DR
Flock says it acted too slowly to curb police abuse of its cameras, license-plate readers, and drones, and is tightening safeguards by cutting data retention from 30 days to seven and adding automatic flags for abnormal searches and standardized audit logs, in response to public backlash and cities rethinking partnerships.
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- Flock boss admits surveillance firm took too long to act over police abuse BBC
- Flock unveils changes after Post report on police misuse of its network washingtonpost.com
- Flock will add privacy guardrails to camera systems amid backlash The Hill
- Flock Safety instituting new privacy measures in response to backlash foxbusiness.com
- Flock CEO says its surveillance tech can root out criminal cops SFGATE
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