Flock will add privacy guardrails to camera systems amid backlash

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Today's Top Stories - August 13, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 13, 2026

Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass surveillance.

The company announced Thursday it will reduce its default data retention window from 30 to seven days, cutting the amount of time data will sit in Flock’s systems. Agencies can still change the retention period in coordination with state or local policy.

It will also introduce an option for cities to control which types of offenses call for other agencies’ access to the Flock cameras, in an effort to give........

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