DATA BREACH
2026 Exhibition Open
Cafe and Gallery Hours:
7 am - 4 pm Mon - Saturday
5591 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92105
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protect your privacy and community.
Surveillance technologies have woven themselves into our streets, devices, and shared spaces — by design.
This exhibition pulls them into view, examining how government authorities have leveraged these systems not for public safety, but for profit-driven agendas that routinely violate the rights of the communities they claim to protect.
FUN FACTS
The city of San Diego has given Ubicquia Inc., paired with Flock Safety's ALPR technology $5 million dollars.
ALPR: Advance License Plate Reader.
$3.5M for cameras. Parks and libraries cut.
Budget deficit: $120M. Surveillance budget: untouched.
San Diego's ALPR database was left open to feds.
Thousands of illegal searches.
No one was held accountable.
In December 2025 Flock secured another contract for the use of their AI platform Flock Nova, without informing the public.
Their newest AI platform, Flock Nova, aims to integrate public and private data — including drone footage, property records, social security info, and credit histories.
The February 2025 Annual Surveillance Report covered up the Flock data breach from 2023-2024.
Drones used 6 times at “Civil demonstrations and Civil Unrest” All digital media impounded as evidence.
The Flock system costs about $2 million annually to run. Total installation, activation, and relocation costs for the Smart Streetlight Program was $3,519,300.
Police have been sharing ALPR data with federal agencies in direct violation of policy and California law,
Federal agencies have accessed Flock data directly.
The SDPD captain chose Flock. Then Flock hired him.
On Nov. 5, 2025, the city's Privacy Advisory Board issued formal recommendations that San Diego cease the use of the Flock ALPR system. On Nov. 12, the City Council's Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to ignore that recommendation.
SCLU organizers found that the city has shared ALPR logs and searches in exchange for over $300,000 in general DHS grants since 2011, and that law enforcement can access audit logs for up to eight years.
0.177% success rate. Still renewing the contract.