Editing News-August-13-2026 (section)

== Flock adds privacy and police-accountability controls ==
Flock Safety said it would reduce the default retention period for vehicle-movement data from 30 days to seven days.<ref name="nbc-flock" /><ref name="flock-guardrails" /> Officers seeking longer retention will be prompted to provide a criminal case number.<ref name="nbc-flock" /><ref name="flock-guardrails" />

The company also said it would fully deploy Audit Assistance, a system intended to lock out users whose searches show abnormal activity.<ref name="nbc-flock" /><ref name="flock-guardrails" /> Flock described the measures as responses to privacy concerns and officer abuse, while the American Civil Liberties Union said the changes did not resolve its broader concern about mass collection of license-plate data involving people not suspected of wrongdoing.<ref name="nbc-flock" />