CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Flock Safety is rolling out new safeguards for its automated license plate reader network as questions about privacy, oversight and potential misuse of the technology continue nationwide.
The changes include recommending that agencies keep license plate data for seven days instead of 30, requiring case codes for searches and making Flock’s Audit Assistance feature mandatory.
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley said in a pre-recorded video provided to Iowa’s News Now that the company believes it has a responsibility to strengthen privacy protections as its technology becomes more widely used…