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PeterE

Post subject: Oxford Council to record all taxi conversations

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 13:43

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A council has been accused of a ‘staggering invasion of privacy’ after announcing it plans to record every conversation that takes place in taxi cabs.

Oxford City Council will fit all of its 652 taxis with at least one CCTV camera to record all conversations between passengers from the moment the engine starts running.

Civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has said it will complain to the Information Commissioner over the scheme.

It's claimed it will only be used to investigate assaults and resolve complaints, but where's the guarantee that the information obtained will not be used for other purposes? After all, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act has been notoriously misused by councils. Yet another small step towards the 24/7 surveillance society where nothing is truly private any more

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botach

Post subject: Re: Oxford Council to record all taxi conversations

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 17:33

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PeterE wrote:

After all, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act has been notoriously misused by councils. Yet another small step towards the 24/7 surveillance society where nothing is truly private any more

Witness locally where same powers were used to covertly film in a pub to investigate smoking offences .Most likely in overtime .Local press had a field day .

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