absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 4 months agoThe surveilled society: Who is watching you and howwww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: privacyhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 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-up2·4 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.