Silicon Valley cities are canceling public safety contracts with Flock Safety amid fears its license plate cameras allow illegal data sharing. The Santa Clara County supervisors were the most recent to vote to cut ties after other cities did the same. Officials in Mountain View said Flock turned on a national “lookup” feature without permission. Records also show out-of-state police appear in searches tied to Los Altos and Santa Clara networks. California law has barred sharing this data with out-of-state or federal agencies since 2016. Flock says safeguards now block that access. Civil rights and immigrant advocates warn mass surveillance still invites misuse.
