Monday, August 12, 2013

City of London orders Renew to stop tracking citizens with its trash cans


Apparently Londoners aren't fond of being tracked by public trash cans. Less than a month after Renew began anonymously collecting information about people walking past their Wi-Fi-enabled trash bins, the City of London has put a stop to the practice. “We have already asked the firm concerned to stop this data collection immediately, and we have also taken the issue to the Information Commissioner’s Office,” the City of London said in a statement. ”Irrespective of what’s technically possible, anything that happens like this on the streets needs to be done carefully, with the backing of an informed public.”


Renew collected details on the speed and proximity of passersby using 12 of its 100 "smart" bomb-proof trash receptacles...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/12/4614074/city-of-london-orders-renew-stop-tracking-citizens-with-trash-cans

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