By Mary Cunningham | CBS News
As privacy concerns swirl over Flock Safety’s nationwide network of cameras, drivers may be curious whether their license plate information is being tracked. The website HaveIBeenFlocked.com has compiled a database to provide the public with some answers.
Through the website’s portal, people can enter their license number to see whether it has been searched in Flock’s system.
As the website notes, the results show what Flock’s customers — which include police agencies, local communities, schools and businesses — have searched for, but not the individual license plates captured by Flock’s cameras.
“The license plates and search reasons are what someone manually entered into the system,” the website says.
According to its website, HaveIBeenFlocked is an independent project that receives financial support from the Alternative Newsweekly Foundation (ANF), a nonprofit that supports watchdog journalism. HaveIBeenFlocked says the project’s long-term goal is to operate as a nonprofit.
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