Thursday, February 21, 2008

Security cameras are one thing...

Most of the calls we get about video surveillance cameras have to do with security. But today, Michelle Romano at the Boston University Daily Free Press reveals a new twist in this article. It seems the school has been broadcasting images of campus life on the web for marketing purposes, for two years.

Security cameras are one thing -- but marketing?

The ACLU doesn't oppose video surveillance in specific, sensitive locations where it can be helpful to keep people safe or enforce the law. But should people really be expected to let go of more privacy for the sake of marketing?

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