Municipal Surveillance Opt-Out Automation Service

C6/10April 14, 2026
WhatA service that automatically identifies which municipalities operate Flock/ALPR cameras in your area and sends legally compliant data deletion requests to each one on your behalf.
SignalMultiple commenters identified that the real path to data deletion is through the municipalities that contract with Flock, not Flock itself — but nobody wants to figure out which of potentially dozens of local agencies have their data and file individual requests with each one.
Why NowFlock has expanded to thousands of municipal contracts nationwide while state privacy laws now give citizens concrete deletion rights, but there's no tooling to bridge the gap between the right and the action.
MarketPrivacy-conscious drivers in metro areas with ALPR networks; subscription model at $5-10/mo. TAM is millions of drivers in surveilled corridors. DeFlock.org exists as advocacy but not as an automated service.
MoatBuilding and maintaining the definitive database of which municipalities use which surveillance vendors, their data retention policies, and correct contact endpoints creates a high-value dataset competitors must replicate.
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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