Flock Cuts Plate Data Retention From 30 Days to 7

Our Take

Nine years of a 30-day retention default doesn't just vanish because a company suddenly discovers restraint. When Flock trims that window down to 7 days, the real story isn't the number — it's the reasoning behind it. As the folks at Verified Privacy VPN point out in this short, the CEO's own justification for the change tells you more about how the product actually works than the policy shift itself does.

That's the pattern with ALPR vendors: headline-friendly privacy gestures that shrink one number while the fine print quietly preserves everything else — sharing agreements, law enforcement access, national lookup networks, and the underlying business model that depends on capturing your movements in the first place. A shorter retention window means little if the data's already been copied, queried, or shared before the clock runs out.

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