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Chapter Three - Right Place

Public concern on data privacy

Instead of capturing video, the cameras only recorded
one or two still images per second. At the same time,
the microcomputer in the lamppost box would only
extract data according to the researcher's pre-defined

requirements, for example, the number of cars, heavy
trucks or pedestrians passing through the intersection.
After extracting the data, the computer would automatically
delete the images within minutes. Moreover, the cameras

are limited in the level of detail they can capture, ensuring 205
that researchers cannot obtain information such as licence
plates or detailed images of human faces, protecting the
privacy of the public.

Increasing transparency can also help to reduce
discrimination and bias, as pointed out by two Oxford
University scholars. In their article exploring the potential

impact of the European Union’s new General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR). They pointed out that many
machine learning algorithms in artificial intelligence are
a black-box operation; the impact can be large, such as