01-17-2017, 03:55 PM
You’re right, no right is absolute. Even extremely ardent civil libertarians accept some limits to rights, such as in your examples. Usually it’s when we have to balance one person’s rights against another’s that we wind up having these restrictions.
I personally feel that a person walking down the street should be able to have an expectation of a certain amount of privacy from government. I think the amount that person should be able to expect is less when driving a car, because of the potential impact on other people. We regulate walking and biking less than driving for that reason.
Anyway, I think chutten’s concern about the City of Waterloo keeping data as long as they think they need it is very valid. But I don’t think using technology to enforce parking is too concerning in and of itself.
I personally feel that a person walking down the street should be able to have an expectation of a certain amount of privacy from government. I think the amount that person should be able to expect is less when driving a car, because of the potential impact on other people. We regulate walking and biking less than driving for that reason.
Anyway, I think chutten’s concern about the City of Waterloo keeping data as long as they think they need it is very valid. But I don’t think using technology to enforce parking is too concerning in and of itself.