Local Governments Must Cancel Their Flock Contracts

Across the country, license plate cameras are quietly building a national surveillance network — and the company behind it has repeatedly failed to protect the data it collects.

Roughly 80,000 to 100,000 Flock Safety cameras now operate across the U.S., tracking vehicles in both urban and rural areas — on highways, in neighborhoods, and outside local businesses. 

Senator Ron Wyden has documented that Flock's data can reveal sensitive details of people's lives, including visits to doctors, therapists, addiction support groups, places of worship, and protests, and warned that Flock's failure to require basic security protections like multi-factor authentication has exposed this data to hackers and unauthorized access. 

An Institute for Justice analysis identified dozens of cases nationwide where officers misused the system to track romantic interests, and reporting has found Flock sharing license plate data with hundreds of agencies — including federal ones — without a city's knowledge or permission.

This pattern has already prompted real consequences: 82 Flock contracts have been terminated across 28 states since 2021. Even Senator Wyden, after initially working with Flock on privacy safeguards, concluded the company cannot live up to its commitments and now recommends communities reevaluate their contracts entirely.

Add your name to demand that local governments cancel their contracts with Flock, and refuse renewal until independent oversight, real security standards, and enforceable limits on data sharing are in place.