absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 3 months agoThe surveilled society: Who is watching you and howwww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkThe surveilled society: Who is watching you and howwww.rnz.co.nzabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThe Privacy Commissioner has equally ambiguous information. It says that a license plate itself isn’t but the owners details are. But you can use the plate to look up the owner so why wouldn’t the plate be considered PII?
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThis is a grey area, which shouldn’t be. Most license plates are registered to individuals, which means that most license plates are a form of PII.
The Privacy Commissioner has equally ambiguous information.
It says that a license plate itself isn’t but the owners details are.
But you can use the plate to look up the owner so why wouldn’t the plate be considered PII?
This is a grey area, which shouldn’t be. Most license plates are registered to individuals, which means that most license plates are a form of PII.