That isn't true in Canada, where this article originates. Canadian businesses are subject to provincial privacy legislation, which is backstopped by the federal PIPEDA legislation. In the province...
You waive your right to privacy inside those halls the moment you enter their parking lot.
That isn't true in Canada, where this article originates. Canadian businesses are subject to provincial privacy legislation, which is backstopped by the federal PIPEDA legislation. In the province of Alberta, the relevant law is the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
"We don't require consent, because we're not capturing or retaining images," a Cadillac Fairview spokesperson said.
That's their legal opinion, but any member of the public may file a complaint with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to request an investigation.
(Source: I have personally filed three complaints against businesses in the Province of Alberta)
To be honest, I don't have a problem with it specifically. The information they are gathering is not that different than having someone just count and guess age and gender. I posted this as a...
To be honest, I don't have a problem with it specifically. The information they are gathering is not that different than having someone just count and guess age and gender.
I posted this as a light reminder that tech allows a certain ease in collecting and aggregating data that I am not sure everyone thinks about.
Also because this is a specific why consent is not needed case that I just find not often discussed.
Edit to add: I also really liked how this article went into where and how this could be an issue.
Here in California our malls probably do the same, but they also feeding license plate info to ICE the same department that came under fire for separating and caging children. In the case of this...
Here in California our malls probably do the same, but they also feeding license plate info to ICE the same department that came under fire for separating and caging children. In the case of this particular mall that got caught who say they don't save other info, but how do we know for the hundreds of other malls that might? And who are they sharing this information with?
That isn't true in Canada, where this article originates. Canadian businesses are subject to provincial privacy legislation, which is backstopped by the federal PIPEDA legislation. In the province of Alberta, the relevant law is the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
That's their legal opinion, but any member of the public may file a complaint with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to request an investigation.
(Source: I have personally filed three complaints against businesses in the Province of Alberta)
Have you actually read PIPA? You can't just throw some sign up in a corner saying, "By entering these premises you consent to X, Y, and Z."
Whatever, dude. I've got enough forums to argue with people on the internet; I don't need to add tildes to the bunch.
To be honest, I don't have a problem with it specifically. The information they are gathering is not that different than having someone just count and guess age and gender.
I posted this as a light reminder that tech allows a certain ease in collecting and aggregating data that I am not sure everyone thinks about.
Also because this is a specific why consent is not needed case that I just find not often discussed.
Edit to add: I also really liked how this article went into where and how this could be an issue.
Here in California our malls probably do the same, but they also feeding license plate info to ICE the same department that came under fire for separating and caging children. In the case of this particular mall that got caught who say they don't save other info, but how do we know for the hundreds of other malls that might? And who are they sharing this information with?