Federal Judge Rules Flock Safety Violates Fourth Amendment Rights
A federal judge ruled that a Tulsa, Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman by using Flock Safety to search for her license plate without a warrant. The ruling marks one of the first times a court has deemed such use unconstitutional and emphasized that law enforcement should obtain warrants before accessing data from automated license plate readers like those used in Flock's system. Judge Sara Hill criticized the technology as enabling “indiscriminate mass surveillance,” noting it collects information on all vehicles passing by network-connected cameras. The ruling also suppressed evidence obtained after the warrantless search, calling it the
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