"Are federal law enforcement agencies such as ICE downloading data collected by license-plate reading cameras set up by local governments? That's the question Woodside City Council wants to answer about its cameras. Council voted 4-1 on Feb. 10 to look for an auditor to review requests that the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office received from federal agencies for data collected by the cameras operated by a company known as Flock Safety. Councilman Dick Brown voted no."
"When a computer stitches the pictures together, it is able to provide information on the daily travels of average citizens, including those not suspected of any crime. Councilwoman Jenn Wall said it was hard to feel confident that Woodside's images are not being accessed by federal agencies when only a small percentage of requests are being checked. Council was told that the sheriff's office only checked 10 of the 117,723 requests it got for Flock data."
Woodside City Council voted 4-1 on Feb. 10 to seek an auditor to review requests made to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office for data collected by Flock Safety license-plate cameras. Flock cameras capture hundreds of images per second and, when stitched, can reveal daily travel patterns of ordinary citizens, including those not suspected of crimes. Council was told the sheriff's office checked only 10 of 117,723 requests for Flock data, raising privacy concerns. Mountain View admitted federal agencies downloaded its Flock data without permission and subsequently disabled the cameras; identified federal users included ATF, GSA inspector general, and Air Force bases.
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