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Los Altos Hills technology committee presses Flock for tighter data controls, delays renewal recommendation
Summary
After extended public comment and a technical briefing from Flock, the committee voted to ask for a detailed technical review, amend the town's data-sharing agreement to ban national lookup and strengthen damages clauses, and present recommended changes to the city council before any renewal decision.
The Los Altos Hills Technology Committee voted to ask the Town Council for more time and technical briefings before deciding whether to renew a Flock Safety license-plate–recognition contract, and it instructed staff to pursue contract amendments to tighten data-sharing controls.
Committee members, staff and multiple public speakers raised concerns about privacy, national lookups and the security of long-term data holdings during an extended discussion after Flock’s public-affairs director, Trevor Chandler, answered technical questions. Chandler said Flock has disabled the national lookup feature for all California customers and that the company does not own or sell customer data, adding that “we have shut off all access for…
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