Smart Cities Technology and Privacy
Concerns These Days:
In earlier
days, the modern Metro-Politian and Cosmo-Politian cities were not screened or
observed through technology. The technology factor has made our lives much
secured and protected as our burglary, snatching, looting, unrest , chaos,
traffic violations issues, criminal
cases relating problems are being well-addressed through this very
medium.
As a civilized
and educated citizen, we naturally do have an understanding of the Merits and
De-Merits factors of every single subject matter indeed. There is no single
matter in this worldly atmosphere, which only contains the benefits of it. Every
single phenomenon comprises positive and negative points in it.
So, is the
case laying with smart cities technologies, which brought a lot of facilitation
and betterment, advancement with it. It has definitely facilitated almost all
of the urban population of these smart cities.
But still there
arises a new issue of privacy challenges under this modern technology.
Technology brings a lot of fruits with it , but still, it affects some of the
areas by the end of the day. We need to address these issues and try to
minimize all these issues for the contentment of our people.
Smart Cities Technology under
Public-Private Partnership Management:
The
biggest issue with these emerging smart cities is that most of these recently
designed smart cities surveillance and safety mechanism system have been
developed mainly by the private companies in partnership with Governmental
Organizations so far. The private companies are normally well-equipped and
well-designed to develop the Larger Cities as Smart Cities. Simply , the
Governmental Organizations are not that much well-equipped or well-literate to
design up such a technological phenomenon in its own solo-capacity.
Even the
Developed Countries Governmental Organizations or Town Management Crew is well-
designed or well-equipped to design a Larger Metro-Politian City in a manner
that it turns to a Smart City by the end of the day.
That is
why such Governmental Bodies do hire the services of some capable and efficient
Soft-Ware Engineering Companies of a private background to sign up an M.O.U
with the relative Town Governing Urban Governmental Body and come up with to
join hand in hand with them to further turn their cities as Smart Cities.
So, it is
well clear that even developed countries like Canada are transforming their
cities to smarter technologies. After an accomplishment of technological devices installation and proper
transformation of their cities into smart cities, they try to ensure the
security and protection of the maximum level for their citizens.
But, here
still a loop-hole remains as the whole
technological support for such smarter cities has been actually managed
by The Private Firm itself. Whereas , the typical citizens of such emerging
smart cities now started feeling insecure from a privacy perspective.
A privacy
breach is a major concern shown and
registered by the inhabitants of these smart cities these days. They feel more
and more secure and protected in comparison to the Pre-Smart City Era, but
still, they have serious concerns regarding their privacy factors so far.
Private Soft-Ware Houses Assistance
Have Security Laps Issues:
The basic
issue which arises here is that this new version of Smart City Concept is, first of all, a very
latest concept for the typical and traditional kinds of people. The citizens of
a typical or traditional, conventional approach are normally not much aware of
the real benefits being taken out of the said technology.
They
simply do understand the de-merit factors pertaining to of Smart-Cities
Concept. They are quite tired of the issues that they are being monitored and
screened by all the times through these technological devices. The
technological era to them is a serious threat to their private life. Their
private life affair, such as meeting with some private persons, is also being
checked and monitored under such strict safety measures.
Again,
they really feel uneasy with the commandment and control network of such sensitive
and private data lying with private soft-ware house technologists. They are
always conscious that the private officials can anytime use or misuse their
private data for their own personal purposes, and then they could easily be
blackmailed or threatened by their personal affairs.
The
citizens think that their right to privacy is being challenged through these
technologists by the end of the day. They feel insecure and ill-managed for
their private data affairs . A few of these typical citizens have also contacted several reputed legal firms
in this regard to settle down their legal grievances under the citizenship
private act policy.
Every
individual of a state has all his rights protected to cover his legal
grievances settled by the Government bodies by all the time. Nobody in his
state can negate his rights as a respectable citizen. State is not only
responsible for protecting his life and belongings but for safeguarding his
private life’s privacy matters.
Modern Devices Issues Against
Privacy Factors:
Privacy of
an individual is also on stake when it comes to usage of modern devices such as
Android Mobile Phone Sets, Vehicle Tracking Devices, and other Security
Gadgets, which on the one hand, do protect our belongings so far. But on the
other hand, these very devices can breach our private life affairs as well.
These breaches can occur at any time and can harm us all at different stages of
our normal routine life .
We must
take care of all of these devices not to be used against us at any point in
time. Governmental Bodies Citizenship Act must be designed stronger in terms of
its enforcement to address these issues. These
issues can be addressed or avoided on its very first stage through
proper check and re-check by the Governmental Law Enforcing Agencies even.
Larger and Broadened Role Of Law
Enforcement Agencies to Rule Out Breaches in Privacy Matters:
That is
why here, the role of Law Enforcement Agencies starts to protect and safeguard
privacy matters and the private life of its citizens by The Private Firms who
are playing their part in services. The private Firms that are already
providing services to their valuable customers in making their lives more
secured and protected in terms of their belongings' safety.
At the
very same time, the same private firms can breach your private life matters in
just billions of seconds through their technological capacity. These private companies should
have been monitored and checked , rechecked by the governmental agencies so
far. The Law Enforcement Agencies should be extra vigilant in order to enforce
breaching issues of private affairs.
The
private affairs of an individual must be protected and safeguarded to its full
by the Law Enforcement Agencies to make them feel comfortable and tension-free
when it comes to the usage of modern devices by themselves.
The state
has a prime liability to protect , safeguard , ensure and re-ensure , check and
re-check its tension-free and care-free move while using modern devices for his day to day life.
Introducing A Government Provided
Mechanism For Safe Cities:
Safe
Cities are an emerging scenario in modern world large cities these days. The
larger cities have got larger issues these days in terms of crime relating
issues such as burglary,robbery,snatching, fraudulent, cheat, theft, smuggling
, drug-trafficking , adulteration and so on. All of these crimes and offenses
can be apprehended and removed only through the improvement of vigilance in all
means. In a city of more than 10 to 20 million , the extra vigilance is an un
-materialized dream for most of the policing authorities even. As a
Mega-workforce can also not manage such a big number of citizens through
patrolling and mobile force mechanism even. In such cases, to avoid criminal
offenses, one has a choice to go for a technological solution in this regard to
better cope up with such matters.
There is
no matter in this world which may remain unaddressed with even proper planning for it. Proper
planning and structuring would help us all enable our matters to be
materialized in all means. The Government should also try its hard to manage
all of these safe cities in its own capacity. The government institutions
should recruit software engineers for itself to further develop a centralized
government based safe cities authority to facilitate and incorporate its
citizens for the days to come.
The
government bodies all across the world are not so much weak or paralyzed that
they may not be in a position to maintain and manage such a mechanism and
system which can easily benefit its citizens with all comforts. The citizens
have a right to be safeguarded and protected by their own government so far.
This would
bring a comfort zone level between both the units , the Government and its
citizens indeed.