Max Isaacs is director of technology law and policy at the Policing Project at NYU School of Law. His work focuses on emerging policing technologies and civil rights. Before joining the project, he clerked for two federal judges and was a civil rights fellow at Lambda Legal.
Case
Flock Safety said its August 2026 changes would shorten default data retention and strengthen controls on police searches. The ACLU said most measures remain inadequate and questioned whether Evidence Mode could preserve too much data.
Role at the time: NYU Policing Project director of technology law and policy
Response to this claim
Flock's August 2026 safeguards meaningfully address privacy and misuse concerns about its license-plate reader network.
“this kind of safeguard should be required by law”
The August package is at issue. Isaacs sees a useful change but says company policy and an unproven audit tool are insufficient.
Statement dates: August 13, 2026
Statement dates: August 13, 2026
Statement dates: August 13, 2026
