Grass Valley police leave Flock over data privacy concerns
The Grass Valley Police Department has ended its relationship with Flock Safety, a license plate reader and surveillance network company, citing data privacy concerns. The department's decision suggests internal discomfort with how Flock handles or shares the data its systems collect.
Why this matters: A police department walking away from a surveillance vendor over privacy is not something you see every day. Flock Safety's cameras do not just read plates — they log where your car was, when, and how often. That data sits somewhere, and the question is always who can see it and for how long. When even the agency doing the collecting gets uncomfortable enough to leave, that tells you something real about the risk on the other side of the lens.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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