If you’ve ever wondered if your car has been recorded, or if someone has searched for your license plate, you can now find out. Flock is a public safety and mass surveillance technology company that provides AI-powered automated license plate reader cameras for law enforcement agencies, businesses, and neighborhood monitoring systems. The “Have I Been Flocked” website compiles logs that allow drivers to see if their license plate has been run by law enforcement agencies or a Flock camera system. If a person’s license plate pops up in the database, it means not only that their license plate was photographed but that an operator on the Flock system searched the database for that license plate using the Flock application or website. Included in the audit log is the stated reason someone in law enforcement gave to look up a license plate. The database doesn’t show when or if your vehicle passed one of the Flock Safety cameras. Those searching Flock databases are not necessarily police officers, and showing up on the site doesn't mean that a person is or was under investigation. Those in favor of the camera systems argue that they're a valuable tool for law enforcement, but backlash against the camera system is mounting, with those opposed citing privacy concerns.
