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UK: Privacy in peril: Vast network of roadside cameras pose 'very real risk' says surveillance regulator

19 April 2014

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"Members of the public face “a very real risk” to their privacy from the huge roadside surveillance network that captures millions of motorists every day, the Government’s Surveillance Commissioner has warned. In an interview with The Independent, Tony Porter urges that clear guidance be provided to ensure “innocent” people do not fall victim to roadside automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras which have been the centre of concerns over the rise of surveillance in Britain....

Local authorities control more than 50,000 cameras while thousands of roadside cameras collect owner information on more than 18 million car journeys every day, in a swift and unregulated expansion over the past 30 years."

See the full article: Privacy in peril: Vast network of roadside cameras pose 'very real risk' says surveillance regulator (The Independent, link)

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