TTC Update

Last week I actually gave the TTC props for their plans to install security cameras on all their vehicles.

So along comes Privacy International, a privacy watchdog group based in the UK, who say the TTC has shown “contempt” toward privacy laws and have asked Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner to investigate.

Well I have contempt for Privacy International. Seriously guys, don’t you have better things to do like preventing the government from reading my e-mails? I’m also pretty sure there are big-brother issues to deal with in Russia or China. TTC cameras? Seriously?

Anyone who takes the TTC on a regular basis knows there is nothing private about the experience. On the average subway car in rush-hour, how many people are on the train with you? 200 maybe? I don’t need Privacy International looking out for me, I need a watchdog group that will make people take showers in the morning before getting up close to me on the train.

So just what privacy is being violated? Well, I guess now I can’t pick my nose on the bus when I think no one is watching.