Privacy group Residents caught up in a trial to turn Peterborough into a smart city are being "treated like lab rats in a surveillance experiment", privacy campaigners have warned. Big Brother Watch warns Cross Keys is treating residents participating in a trial in Peterborough as lab rats in a surveillance experiment. The Big Brother Watch has installed sensors across three sites in the city enabling real-time data to be transmitted to social housing landlord Cross Keys Homes. The technology, which monitors environmental data not personal data, is designed to improve residents’ safety, increase energy efficiency and deliver cost savings according to the company, while CityFibre said residents give full consent for sensors to be placed in their homes.
Privacy group Big Brother Watch warns Cross Keys is treating residents participating in a trial in Peterborough as lab rats in a surveillance experiment. The Big Brother Watch has installed sensors across three sites in the city enabling real-time data to be transmitted to social housing landlord Cross Keys Homes. The technology, which monitors environmental data not personal data, is designed to improve residents’ safety, increase energy efficiency and deliver cost savings according to the company, while CityFibre said residents give full consent for sensors to be placed in their homes.