{"id":225203,"date":"2026-03-19T04:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/santa-clara-county-to-review-flock-safety-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T04:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:55:13","slug":"santa-clara-county-to-review-flock-safety-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/santa-clara-county-to-review-flock-safety-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara County to review Flock Safety cameras amid privacy concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santa Clara County to review Flock Safety cameras amid privacy concerns<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/thecampanile.org\/36258\/news\/santa-clara-county-to-review-flock-safety-cameras-amid-privacy-concerns\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-19 04:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: thecampanile.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Across Santa Clara County, a small piece of roadside hardware has become a primary subject of controversy. Cameras with automatic license-plate reading features, operated by Atlanta-based security firm Flock Safety, have come under scrutiny because of\u00a0 rising privacy concerns related to mass surveillance of citizens and concerns that local data could be helping federal deportation efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Santa Clara County District Two Supervisor Betty Duong said that Flock is unreliable when it comes to upholding county policies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCupertino is using Flock cameras; Saratoga is using Flock cameras; Los Altos is using Flock cameras, and they\u2019ve canceled those contracts,\u201d Duong said. \u201cIt is a vendor that seems problematic on the national landscape in terms of violating policies they sign onto.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Duong said other counties are also concerned about Flock\u2019s lack of data security.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe number of cities that have cancelled their contracts with Flock and the number of advocates who have raised concerns specifically about Flock sharing data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and with federal agencies when they weren\u2019t allowed to is really worrisome,\u201d Duong said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar worries have surfaced in Palo Alto. Palo Alto Neighborhoods Association co-chair Becky Sanders said privacy issues related to Flock cameras raise serious concerns for her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Virtually everyone supported ending a relationship with Flock,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cWe would like the city to just turn them off until we can be 100% sure that the data is not being used in a way that it wasn\u2019t designed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Duong said an investigation has been launched to determine whether Flock security is reliable and private.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve continued the extension of the [Flock contract] policy for a month, so that our account council, our attorneys and our administration can do a deep dive into what\u2019s happening with Flock,\u201d Duong said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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