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The use of video in public spaces...out-ways any of the privacy issues, it reduces crime substantially, it reduce the cost of manpower as it relates to foot or vehicle patrol, it is a fantastic forensic evidence trail, (the British subway bombers case). The issues of identity theft can not be applied to video...there is no use of personal data which can be used for criminal activity. It is still only a image with no pertinent personal data.
What has tree huggers upset is that if they were to do anything which is un-lawful...there will be an evidence trail...that they do not like...the example should be used from the commercial and retail area...video has reduce the exposure to crime substantially, the only problem is that no fore-thought has been given to the use of video. The present users are still using the application of 80% psychological, and 20% is for real applications. This mind set much change and it should be used as a tool for crime prevention and detection. But this will take some time, many of the people within our business do not have the appropriate knowledge to develope these applications, and the users do not know the debth of the service.
Bill
"Fergus V. Keyes" <fergusk35@...> wrote:
"Fergus V. Keyes" <fergusk35@...> wrote:
Our company, Panamsec, a small player in the market, distributes a lot
of cameras. So as a Security guy, and from a business point of view,
the more cameras sold in Canada – the better. However, as an
individual citizen, I also have some concern about the privacy issue.
Not only as it concerns cameras, but all the other data that the
Governments and big business can now compile about a person. Of
course, if the information is used for the protection, or even just
basic marketing, of the population, that's fine. But, what if someday,
this information is used for more sinister purposes, like Identity
Theft. The whole issue causes a bit of a dilemma. Any thoughts?
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