Drivers sue San Jose over nearly 500 police cameras used to track drivers
4 hours ago
- #Fourth Amendment
- #Class Action
- #Surveillance
- Three drivers in San Jose, California, filed a class action lawsuit against the city and police department over the deployment of nearly 500 Flock Safety surveillance cameras, alleging Fourth Amendment violations.
- The lawsuit, organized by the Institute for Justice, argues that Flock's AI-powered cameras collect vehicle movement data into searchable databases accessible by law enforcement without warrants, raising privacy concerns.
- San Jose Police Department has 474 Flock cameras that detected almost 2.8 million vehicles in 30 days, with data shared among hundreds of California law enforcement agencies and searched millions of times.
- The suit seeks to compel deletion of Flock images within 24 hours unless warrants are obtained, highlighting risks of tracking near sensitive locations like hospitals and immigration offices.
- Flock has faced multiple lawsuits but remains in use, with communities debating contracts; plaintiffs express fears over data misuse, especially amid political activism.