Flock Cameras Under Fire | Columbia News

A major lawsuit has been filed against Flock Safety over its automated license plate readers, accusing the company of using the tech for stalking and spitting out inaccurate data that leads to innocent people being pulled over. Reports of misuse are surfacing across multiple states, including California’s alarming flood of false car theft alerts due to misread plates. The case centers on privacy violations and system errors, with plaintiffs demanding damages for invasion of privacy and punitive damages — targeting anyone scanned since this year. Flock’s recent policy changes may be too little, too late as this class-action suit threatens to reshape how widespread surveillance tech is deployed and regulated. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1811bdf3ae0ab65b