Automated Privacy Rights Enforcement Against Surveillance Companies

P5/10April 14, 2026

WhatA platform that automates CCPA/state privacy law opt-out and deletion requests against surveillance data brokers like Flock Safety, handling the legal complexity of data processor vs. controller disputes.

SignalPeople who try to exercise their privacy rights against surveillance companies hit a wall — the companies claim they're just storing data on behalf of customers, creating a Kafkaesque runaround where no one accepts responsibility for deleting your data.

Why NowState privacy laws (CCPA, MCDPA, etc.) are proliferating but enforcement is weak, and ALPR/surveillance networks have scaled massively in the last 2-3 years, creating a collision between legal rights and corporate stonewalling.

MarketPrivacy-conscious consumers in surveillance-heavy states; ~50M Californians alone under CCPA. Competitors like DeleteMe focus on data brokers, not surveillance infrastructure companies — a clear gap.

MoatAccumulating legal precedent knowledge and municipality-level contact databases creates a compounding operational advantage that's hard to replicate quickly.

I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program View discussion ↗ · Article ↗ · 630 pts · April 14, 2026

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