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Flock Safety tightens safeguards as states, cities question surveillance network
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Fusion42 · 14 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Flock Safety announced enhanced privacy controls including reducing license plate data retention from 30 to 7 days, restricting inter-agency data sharing, and requiring search case codes amid rising scrutiny and contract cancellations. These changes aim to strengthen oversight and accountability of its widespread automated license plate reader network facing misuse allegations and community pushback.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity, and 32 sources have reported it between 7 Aug 2026 and 22 Aug 2026.
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You face tighter regulatory expectations around surveillance tech data handling and must adapt to new police transparency tools or risk losing contracts. These changes open a window to offer audit and privacy compliance solutions now that law enforcement data use is under sharper national scrutiny.
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32 sources · first reported 7 Aug 2026 · latest 22 Aug 2026
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