Ben Spurr reports:
Metrolinx has been quietly sharing Presto card users’ private travel records with the police, the Toronto Star has learned.
The transit agency has received 26 requests from police forces so far this year and granted 12 of them, according to Metrolinx, which is the provincial transit agency that operates the Presto fare card system used across the GTHA and in Ottawa. It is not known how many requests Metrolinx granted in previous years because the agency only began tracking them in 2016.
The agency says it does not always require law enforcement agencies to produce a warrant or court order to obtain detailed data about transit riders’ trips and doesn’t always notify customers that police have asked for the information.
Read more on Hamilton Spectator.
Canada and the U.S. are tied at the hip. Does anyone really doubt Transit Departments in the U.S. aren’t spying on commuters?
Transit police are accused of secretly spying on commuters travel plans, texts and emails:
https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2017/05/transit-police-are-secretly-spying-on.html?showComment=1496668657805
Public Transportation Commuters are Being Spied on Billions of Times a Day:
http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2015/10/americans-using-public-transportation.html