02-02-2017, 09:07 AM
I think a lot of you guys are missing the main problem. It's not the use by by-law officers of KW that is the privacy risk.
It's the collection and long term storage of this data that is the risk. If that happens (and I understand that that's not the case now) that data is up for grabs by other levels of Government and at risk of being compromised from outside people.
Even if you're ok with a current Government having access to this data, you might not be so happy with future Governments. As we've seen, civil rights can go down fast.
So, no, just because you're taking an action that might not be a guaranteed right, doesn't mean the Givernment should be able to take away other basic rights that you have.
It's the collection and long term storage of this data that is the risk. If that happens (and I understand that that's not the case now) that data is up for grabs by other levels of Government and at risk of being compromised from outside people.
Even if you're ok with a current Government having access to this data, you might not be so happy with future Governments. As we've seen, civil rights can go down fast.
So, no, just because you're taking an action that might not be a guaranteed right, doesn't mean the Givernment should be able to take away other basic rights that you have.