#brenda mcphail #canadian civil liberties association #metrolinx #ottawa police #presto #privacy #travel recordsFirst your phone, now your Presto card: We're sleepwalking into surveillance, privacy advocate says[caption id=“attachment_70096” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Metrolinx has been giving police access to Presto travel records, sometimes without a warrant. (Metrolinx)[/caption] The apparent ability of police to access Presto user travel records is just another example of how increasingly difficult it is to avoid having your movements tracked in today’s society, a privacy advocate said Friday. ...
#metrolinx #police #presto #privacy #toronto starToronto Star: Metrolinx sharing Presto user data with policeThe _ Toronto Star _ has a scoop this weekend that Metrolinx, the provincial crown corporation that owns the Presto payment system, has been sharing user data with police. The _ Star _ report says that Metrolinx does not always require police to obtain a warrant to obtain the data and that the agency could have shared data with forces in both the Toronto area and Ottawa. ...