At 10:42 PM 9/09/2013, Jeremy Visser wrote: >I don't disagree with the concerns raised here, but how was this not >already known?! > >When they sent us rego renewal letters with a big blank void where >the rego sticker was, saying that police cars now automatically >detect unregistered vehicles, how did people not already notice this?! > >Why has it taken nearly a year for someone to notice?
Um, does it also say they take a photo of any car that is within photo distance of the police vehicle and store that photo for 5 years? Did they say it was only for detection of unregistered vehicles or did it also say it was linked to profiles of people associated with the number who's character and other activities are also stored in a police database as was shown on 4 corners tonight? Does it say if you have the right to query that database of photos to find out if they have stored your plate and location and time of being at that location in their database for 5 years? Did it say if you have the right to check if they have any data in that database after those 5 years are over? Is any of that data ever linked to the tollway data collection? Is that data ever linked to other government held databases, either at state or federal level? Is it shared with foreign governments? Does it distinguish diplomatic plates and not store that data? Does it capture plates from other states and share that data with those states? I don't know the answers to these latter questions, but I doubt anyone in the general public in NSW does either. It's not quite as simple as saying we can automatically see if your car is unregistered. Unpacking that simple statement is critical for the public to understand the extent of the surveillance that is going on. Same thing in any state where these programs are in place. Jan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
