Can police use a drone with a zoom lens to peer into the interior of vehicles stopped at red lights? Can police enter a home’s private driveway and look in the windows of vehicles? Can the government track the cellphone location data of millions of Canadians to track their movements? And can a private foreign company scour the internet collecting photos of Canadians for use in facial recognition technology that is sold to police?

This and other surveillance practices are real issues in Canada. We need our privacy laws updated to deal with them{ai:summary}The use of drones by police to inspect vehicles at red lights raises questions about privacy rights. Similarly, the legality of entering private driveways to observe vehicles and tracking cellphone location data of Canadians is under scrutiny.Additionally, concerns arise over private foreign companies collecting Canadians' photos for facial recognition technology used by law enforcement, highlighting the intersection of surveillance and personal privacy. #society

Christine Van Geyn: Do police have the right to peer at you in your car with a drone?

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