Privacy considerations

This information is gathered in partnership with OPC (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada) and IPC (Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario) to insure that privacy considerations are properly addressed in deploying and testing the video surveillance solutions.

One one side, with cameras installed in so many public places, there is a legitame concern that privacy laws and resolutions are propertly obeyed by video surveillance operators and developers.

On the other hand, there appears to exist an overestimation of the power of video analytics and face recognition in video, with public opinion influenced by such science-fiction shows CSI and films like "Minority Report", which creates additional challenges in testing and deployment of the technology.

Links:

• • Checking In Your privacy rights at airports and border crossings (from (https://www.priv.gc.ca/resource/topic-sujet/smt-tsc/index_e.asp)

  • Introducing Privacy-Protective Surveillance: Achieving Privacy and Effective Counter-Terrorism (from  https://www.ipc.on.ca)

    • Surveillance, Then and Now: Securing Privacy in Public Spaces (ibid)

      • Privacy by Design – Paving the Way to Privacy-Protective Surveillance (from https://www.privacybydesign.ca)

      • http://surveillancerights.ca/  - documents (non)compliance of video surveillance installations with privacy regulations and helps citizens understand their related privacy rights. The SurveillanceWatch app enables users to locate surveillance cameras around them and contribute new sightings of their own (Cortesy of IPSI UofT)