Smart City Safe CCTV Adelaide
Information Certainty: Documented
Deployment Purpose: Surveillance
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Products and Institutions:
| Product Deployed | Unknown Products 0016 |
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| Institutions ⠉ | Unknown Products 0016 |
| Datasets | Unknown Dataset 0045 |
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Status and Events:
| Status | Planned |
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| Events | Start (17 November 2021, Documented, , No description) |
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| Managed by | Adelaide City Council |
| Used by | South Australia Police |
Location:
| City | Adelaide |
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| Country ⠉ | Australia |
Description[ ]
Adelaides Smart City programme includes Smart CCTV. The CCTV is capable of FRT and license plate recognition at the least. The Council of Adelaide will manage the CCTV and they have proposed to ban police using the facial recognition capabilities, even though police will have 24hr access to the cameras.
Adelaide City Council is replacing its ageing CCTV network with 360-degree cameras that have the capability for facial and number plate recognition, as well as low-light performance and object tracing. The council originally planned to leave what functions were utilised to the discretion of SA Police (SAPOL), but an amendment proposed by councillor Phil Martin means the camera's FRT capabilities cannot be accessed. "The police will be asked to provide a formal agreement that they will not use FRT unless, and until, the Parliament of SA passes legislation providing guidelines," he said 1
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The council last night passed a motion to prevent SAPOL from using the “camera facial recognition technology unless, and until, the parliament of South Australia adopts legislation”. The amendment, brought forward by councillor Phil Martin, relates to a project to replace the end-of-life “City Safe CCTV network” owned by the City of Adelaide and SAPOL at a cost of $3 million. It will see the “administration seek a formal undertaking from SAPOL that it will not use [facial recognition capabilities]” when the new CCTV network is delivered in the next 18 months 3
From a regulatory perspective, the upcoming City Safe CCTV network project will be owned by the City of Adelaide and SAPOL, and will reportedly cost the Australian Government around AUS$3 million (US$2.2m). Procurement is underway for a related biometric surveillance system that will incorporate various technologies, including object tracking, facial and number plate recognition. During the parliamentary session, Martin acknowledged the potential of these technologies to prevent major crimes such as terrorism. However, the councillor added that any laws adopted by the state should follow the biometric surveillance, facial recognition, and privacy recommendations set by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Law Council of Australia [[CiteRef::mascellinoNoFacialRecognition2021]
References
- a b Sutton, Malcom. Facial recognition tech put on hold in Adelaide amidst privacy concerns. , 2021.
- ^ "No facial recognition for South Australia Police on planned CCTV network until law updated". (2021) <https://www.biometricupdate.com/202111/no-facial-recognition-for-south-australia-police-on-planned-cctv-network-until-law-updated> Accessed: 2022-06-17
- a b "Adelaide council to ban SA Police using facial recognition tech on new CCTV network". (2021) <https://www.itnews.com.au/news/adelaide-council-to-ban-sa-police-using-facial-recognition-tech-on-new-cctv-network-572523> Accessed: 2022-06-17