Video Recording on Public Transit
Ontario’s privacy commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, is reported to have said that “banning video recordings on buses just doesn’t make sense.”
This is in response to a Quebec incident in which a driver was videotaped doing paperwork while driving.
I am so happy to see this indication that individual privacy rights must be tempered by the right to safety of the public at large, and the right of individuals in a community to publish examples of behaviours that threaten public safety.
Story: Ontario privacy commissioner throws out privacy argument; CTV.ca; 2011/08/11.
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