(01-17-2017, 06:36 PM)SammyOES2 Wrote: My point was that if, say, the license plates were all sent back to a central location with location + time and preservered, that is an invasion of privacy (imo). I don't think its reasonable for the Government to be able to track and store someone's location just because they drive.
Everyone has their own opinion, and I won't say yours is wrong... but I feel the exact opposite when it comes to licence plates.
The licence plate is a marker (which remains the property of the provincial government) for an automobile, not a person. The data collected states that vehicle was here at this time. It records no information on the driver and/or passengers. If there is an infraction, the registered owner of the vehicle gets a ticket. If there is no infraction, I couldn't care less that the city knows where/when my car was, nor do I care how long they keep that info. The Government isn't able to track and store someone's location, just the car's. If my wife takes my car Uptown, it records the same data as if I or my daughter had my car. [Rogers (a private, for-profit corporation) can track my every move as my cell phone contract is with them... that scares me more, but no one ever talks about that]
By-law have been using hand held ticket writers for 15+ years, and data storage of violators have been stored just as long. [Non-violating data was deleted off each device at the end of each shift when I worked in Kitchener, Brampton and Toronto ... and I assume other cities did the same]
If someone is so concerned about Big Brother knowing where their car is parked, then don't park using a city owned space [Lot or on-street], or if you are doing something illegal or unethical and need to hide your location, hire a cab/Uber.
Coke