{
 "id": "p2026-09-06-151",
 "received": "2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00",
 "proposer": "researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, era-2024-2026",
 "kind": "remedy",
 "sha": "956d68a51d1b3a5c",
 "data": {
  "kind": "remedy",
  "on_tech": "flock-alpr",
  "on": "immigration-reason searches of the plate-reader database run for federal agencies without a contract, with no recourse for those searched",
  "name": "Flock keyword blocks for immigration and reproductive-health searches; removal of all federal organisations from statewide and national lookup networks",
  "from": "2025-06",
  "region": "US",
  "people": {
   "n": 6000,
   "unit": "communities partnered with Flock",
   "date": "2025-11"
  },
  "effect": {
   "n": null,
   "unit": "searches blocked",
   "date": "2025-11",
   "what": "blocked searches no longer query or return data; federal agencies limited to one-to-one sharing; rolled out IL and CO in June 2025, NJ/OR/VT/WA by August, self-enrolment nationwide by November"
  },
  "statistic": "After the Illinois Secretary of State's August 2025 audit found violations of state law, Flock deployed automatic keyword blocks (June 2025, IL and CO first) and in August 2025 removed all federal organisations from statewide and national lookup networks; by November 2025 any of its 6,000+ partner communities could self-enrol in the filters. No count of blocked searches is published.",
  "source": "https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/does-flock-share-data-with-ice",
  "quote": "Flock Safety partners with more than 6,000 communities nationwide",
  "source_kind": "primary"
 },
 "from_file": "impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-era-2024-2026.md"
}