Big Brother expanding his scope of Albertans
Posted Feb 13, 2011 10:03 am.
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Big Brother is expanding his field of vision.
The Alberta government is on the verge of launching a $65-Million-dollar police information data base that will track the activities of everybody from drug dealers to speeders from Peace River to The Crowsnest Pass.
It’s meant to track and share details about criminals and suspected criminals, but civil liberty groups are concerned about the ramifications it will have on the average person.
Gillian Steward of the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association tells the Calgary Herald, she realizes police want to crack down on gangs. But she adds: “does that mean I should be in there because I got caught speeding?”
The system will let a police officer know that a speeder in Red Deer had been nailed for the same offence three hours earlier near Lethbridge.
Nicknamed Talon, and housed in a top secret building, the information system will contain sensitive and personal information about Albertans, including speculation, unproven allegations, investigative theories and even records of 9-1-1 calls made by citizens.
The Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association adds the potential for misuse is “only limited by your imagination.”
