Traffic Cameras Installed at Over 100 Intersections in Richmond Raises Privacy, Surveillance Concerns

Traffic Cameras Installed at Over 100 Intersections in Richmond Raises Privacy, Surveillance Concerns
Cameras monitor a road in Abbotsford, B.C., in a file photo. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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The installation of video cameras at over half the intersections in Richmond, B.C., is raising concerns around surveillance and whether the data could fall into the hands of foreign state agents given that the footage can be purchased by the public.
“The main concern is the loss of privacy, of course, and the selling of data, personal data, without monitoring, oversight, or control,” policy analyst and immigration lawyer Richard Kurland told The Epoch Times.