RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers, civil liberties advocates and citizens across the U.S., announced Thursday it is making changes to its platform intended to quell privacy concerns and address documented abuses of its system by some members of law enforcement.
The company is one of the nation’s largest providers of automated license plate readers, which document plate data and other vehicle characteristics as automobiles pass Flock’s cameras. The thousands of law enforcement agencies that contract with the company can search and share that data across jurisdictions to inform investigations.
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