Illinois residents demand Flock cameras be removed as city unveils 'transparency portal'

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    "excerpt": "In Woodstock, Illinois, residents are calling for the removal of surveillance cameras installed by controversial security and technology company Flock Safety Group. According to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner , Woodstock City Council approved a three-year contract with Flock Safety Group for six surveillance cameras on the Woodstock Square in a 4-3 vote, after a similar measure had failed in November. Woodstock was already separately under a five-year agreement for 13 automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, located around the city and on the Woodstock Square, according to Lake & McHenry County Scanner, but that did not stop local residents from protesting the move. Leading much of the opposition is Don Francis, who heads the local organization Stop Flock in Woodstock. The group says its concern is not with police or cameras generally, but with the way Flock gathers and handles data, the outlet reported. \"We believe mass surveillance and data collection on this scale infringes on our Fourth Amendment right to privacy, and we are hoping our elected officials will listen to their constituents about this,\" Francis said, as the Lake & McHenry County Scanner reported. To mitigate concerns, the city has launched a new transparency portal. The portal says Flock keeps data for 30 days, and, as the Lake & McHenry County Scanner reported, it also shows that more than 232,000...",
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