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Residents urge council not to renew Flock surveillance contract, cite privacy risks
Summary
Several residents used the public comment period to urge Charlottesville not to renew its contract with Flock (license-plate/vehicle-location surveillance), citing data-sharing concerns, access by other jurisdictions and federal agencies, and limits on public transparency.
Multiple speakers during the public comment period urged City Council to decline renewal of the city’s contract with Flock, the vendor that operates automated vehicle-location and license-plate recognition cameras. Speakers raised privacy, data-sharing and equity concerns and asked the council to prioritize immigrant and reproductive-health protections when deciding whether to continue using the technology.
Alicia Lenahan told council the contract raises a risk to…
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