London Calls for Smartbins to Stop Collecting Data

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"However, the process is very much like a website, you can tell how many hits you have had and how many repeat visitors, but we cannot tell who, or anything personal about any of the visitors on the website"

Difference is, people visiting websites do it deliberately by clicking into it - nobody expects a trashcan to be "hit counting" you as you walk past. If there was a huge sign above it saying "get within 50 meters and this bin will capture the MAC address of your smartphone, you would see people take an alternative route to avoid it. Information gathering without consent is against UK law.
 
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