'Big Brother' battle develops in Salisbury, but Liberal senator distances himself from flyers
SA Police critical of protesters at council meetings diverting officers from fighting crime
Last year, the Adelaide City Council voted unanimously not to include facial recognition technology in new security cameras being installed across the CBD. The council had written to SA Police asking if they could delay using facial recognition technology if it was installed in city cameras until safeguards measures were in place, but police indicated they would likely still use the technology.
Attorney-General Kyam Maher told parliament in July that CCTV vision collected by one agency could not be used for another purpose "unless the agency has reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in".
Commissioner Stevens on Wednesday said there was no facial recognition in use in council CCTV networks that alert police if a person appears on CCTV on the street but they can put images through their system to check them against a database of faces. "Their whole idea of a Big Brother thing is really quite ridiculous," Salisbury Mayor Gillian Aldridge told ABC Radio "It's a program to increase your safety and that includes the ability for US to know what your needs are, and that's not invading your privacy with anything at all."
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