Privacy group in the United States said it was “deeply concerned” by the new rules and called on Congress to pass legislation that would protect Americans’ privacy. The ISP 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 Cross Keys said residents give full consent for sensors to be placed in their homes.
Privacy group Big Brother Watch warns CityFibre is treating residents participating in a trial in Peterborough as lab rats in a surveillance experiment. The ISP 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 Cross Keys said residents give full consent for sensors to be placed in their homes.