A retired veteran, Lee Schmidt, sued Norfolk, Virginia, after discovering his location was logged 526 times by the city’s license plate cameras between February and July. The lawsuit alleges that Flock Safety, the company behind the cameras, tracked citizens without a warrant, violating the Fourth Amendment.
Flock Safety operates 176 cameras in Norfolk, logging drivers’ locations 526 times, or about four times per day. Schmidt claimed it was “crazy high” and “shocking.” His co-plaintiff, Crystal Arrington, was logged 849 times between February and July, averaging six times a day.
The lawsuit argues that Flock’s cameras constitute an unreasonable search without a warrant. Flock says that license plate readers do not violate the Fourth Amendment because they take point-in-time photos of cars in public.
Schmidt and Arrington are represented by the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit libertarian law firm. The lawsuit seeks to disable cameras and delete data on plaintiffs.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/virginia-police-used-flock-cameras-track-driver-safety-lawsuit-surveil-rcna230399