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Flock Safety cuts default ALPR data retention to 7 days, mandates misuse detection and case codes for law enforcement
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Flock Safety is reducing its default license plate data retention period from 30 days to 7, requiring all law enforcement customers to enable abuse-detection tooling and case-code-gated searches by year-end, and publishing an independent security review.
For agencies operating Flock's ALPR cameras, the new defaults shorten the window of searchable plate data and add mandatory oversight controls that did not previously exist at the platform level. The proactive lockout and required audit features mean administrators must review flagged activity or lose access, shifting some operational burden onto agencies. The changes also give communities granular control over what offense types other jurisdictions can search their cameras for.
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Default ALPR data retention drops from 30 days to 7 days, with Evidence Mode allowing preservation of specific records for active investigations in cold storage.
All law enforcement customers must adopt Audit Assistance and case-code requirements for searches by the end of the year, with proactive lockout suspending access when abnormal behavior is detected.
Flock retained Bishop Fox for an independent security review with findings slated for September publication, alongside a new Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure program.
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