Saying, “pretty much everywhere you look these days, more organizations are using video surveillance,” Manitoba ombudsman Mel Holley released this week new rules about how public agencies can use video surveillance. As the Winnipeg Free Press reports, public agencies must now demonstrate the need for video surveillance versus less intrusive options, must explain how the information will be stored, must notify the public a system is in operation and must take responsibility for the security of the data and the ability for citizens to access it upon request. “One of the issues that’s recognized internationally,” said Holley, “is that this information never dies.”
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