What happens after a town de-Flocks
From Florida to Washington state, local governments across the country are canceling their contracts with Flock, the company behind the controversial AI-enabled license plate readers, in response to public outcry. But ending the contracts doesn't necessarily mean the cameras will come down immediately - or that the information they've gathered will be deleted anytime soon. […]
Demonstrators gathered outside the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, holding signs against Flock's security cameras. The company's AI-enabled license plate readers have faced public backlash across the country, leading local governments to cancel their contracts with Flock. However, ending the contracts does not automatically result in the removal of the cameras or the deletion of the data they have collected.
Even as states and municipalities reassess their surveillance practices, questions remain about the fate of the data gathered by Flock's surveillance systems. Contracts with the company vary, but many allow Flock to retain the collected data for an unspecified period of time.
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