A Vancouver woman is suing the city's police department for breaching her privacy with the use of mass surveillance units in busy public locations. 'My privacy has been violated'The surveillance units described in the lawsuit are housed in trailers that can be mounted in various neighbourhoods around the city. According to the lawsuit, the surveillance units have four cameras which violate the privacy rights of people whose images are caught indiscriminately. A Chinatown resident is suing the Vancouver police department over the use of mass surveillance units like the one seen here outside the Chinese Cultural Centre. 's Privacy Act provides exemptions for privacy violations for police officers engaged in investigations, but the lawsuit claims the VPD can't rely on those exemptions because the surveillance units aren't being used to target a specific crime.

Source: CBC News June 12, 2020 09:56 UTC