Flock adds safeguards to licence-plate readers after wave of stalking cases
- US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.
- Flock Safety has unveiled stronger privacy protections following reports of US police officers using the AI-powered company’s automatic licence-plate readers to stalk and harass women.
- Flock, based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates some 120,000 cameras across the US that capture images of vehicles and licence plates for storage in a searchable database.
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- US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.
- Flock Safety has unveiled stronger privacy protections following reports of US police officers using the AI-powered company’s automatic licence-plate readers to stalk and harass women.
- Flock, based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates some 120,000 cameras across the US that capture images of vehicles and licence plates for storage in a searchable database.
Sources: Al Jazeera