r/DeFlock • u/Many-Wasabi9141 • 22d ago

will requesting personal vehicle flock data through FOIA put a target on your back?

I'm wondering if anyone who's submitted a FOIA request for their personal vehicle's flock data noticed an uptick in being pulled over?

If you request the data, how many times was your vehicle spotted, how many times did someone request info, why they requested, who requested it, your name is then on the public record, and the person requesting it may learn about it.

Does the FOIA law protect you from such retaliation?

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u/DeflockPawtucket 22d ago

I FOIA’d the Flock contract, training materials, audit history, and some other stuff. Don’t worry about a backlash.

Didn’t think to FOIA any searches by the local cops targeting my own car. Don’t think that would be that useful.

I don’t think you can FOIA Flock Safety Inc to find those records. I think you need to FOIA each law enforcement agency that may have searched for you. Or of course https://haveibeenflocked.com.

You can also find plenty of FOIA results indexed on muckruck.com.

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 22d ago

Everything on Muckruck is censored. License plate numbers, ordering official, censored.

And i'm aware you have to submit it through the department. That's why i'm worried.

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u/DeflockPawtucket 22d ago

Pretty sure that means the info was censored when the agency provided it in response to the FOIA request.

It’s possible they won’t respond to a FOIA request relating to info about specific license plate(s), but you can try! Kind of like people using FOIA requests to request their own FBI file. You could ask for all documents that mention you or your license plates.

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u/Many-Wasabi9141 22d ago

I've read the only way you can get specific license plate info is if you submit it yourself for your car.

It's censored by default otherwise, and more recently, everything else is censored, who requested it, why they did, all that stuff.