Flock cameras and the Fourth Amendment: What did the federal judge rule on police searches? Privacy concerns explained
The Oklahoma ruling raises new questions about police access to vehicle tracking data and privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment.
A federal judge in Oklahoma has raised new Fourth Amendment concerns over how law enforcement uses Flock Safety's license-plate data. In a ruling that has broader implications for privacy and surveillance, TechCrunch reports that US District Judge Sara E. Hill ruled that a Tulsa County sheriff's deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he searched a vehicle's historical location data through Flock and another license-plate reader system without a warrant.
The search produced more than 50 sightings of the vehicle across several states over roughly a month. The judge emphasized that while the government's ability to collect and review a person's movements over time can create a serious privacy issue, it is constitutionally problematic when law enforcement can indiscriminately catalog a person's whereabouts over an extended period for any purpose.
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