Part of it is that it's so easy to gather information, so easy to share information, and there are certainly concerns that you raise about integrating privacy into public safety initiatives. You have a pretty powerful statement that a new generation of mobile devices, remote sensors, high-resolution cameras, and analytic software have revolutionized surveillance practices and greatly facilitated the global collection, processing, and sharing of data. This unchecked accumulation could have negative effects on citizens and could have consequences by constraining people's fundamental right to go about their business in anonymity and freedom from state monitoring.
It's so easy to gather all this data under so many different strands. We have international police agreements and services, and they share data, and they have a reason to share data. Again, we deal with people crossing the border. Do they get stopped? There's a red flag that shouldn't be there. There's no legitimate reason for an authority to have that red flag, but they get stopped, and they can be greatly harassed.
How can you audit this kind of information, this kind of sharing, since it is so easy to do?