New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- ATLANTA - The company whose cameras silently log millions of American vehicles every day announced Thursday it is reducing how long it keeps those records and adding new controls on who can access them. The announcement from Flock Safety comes after months of reports that law enforcement officers had used its license plate reader network to track individuals outside of criminal investigations, and as a growing number of cities allow their Flock contracts to lapse, NBC News reported.

the default data retention period drops from 30 days to seven. Officers seeking extended access beyond that window must now enter a case number, creating a paper trail where none existed before. And Flock is completing the deployment of ...