Privacy Guides
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Some of those in attendance saw a demo of Fusus — a paid service that makes it easier for police to access privately owned security camera footage from residents and businesses.
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The cameras, Barth said, are a "time-saver" for lower-priority calls like property crimes and make it easy for police to give video to lawyers requesting footage of car crashes.
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She points to Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition tool Canadian police services secretly used until privacy watchdogs ordered them to stop.
Tusikov said Fusus would be a "disproportionate response" to crimes like auto theft, which has been surging in Canada, and likely wouldn't help with intimate partner violence, which has been declared an epidemic in Hamilton and other cities across the country.
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CBC contacted Canadian police services at the Real Time Crime Center Operations and Tech Integration conference, asking if any of them use Fusus or are exploring using it or similar technology.
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"We would especially encourage this given that Fusus appears to involve real-time monitoring and unmediated access to private surveillance cameras which may come with a greater risk of intrusion into the privacy of individuals," the IPC said.
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