Sanral tender proposes monetising user data and using E-toll gantries for average speed enforcement

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E-tolls could become speed cameras — and Sanral considers selling user data

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has issued a tender seeking contractors to take over its failed e-toll system and potentially implement several value-added systems.

Among the services listed in the tender document prospective bidders could implement is an average speed over distance system, and monetising data already collected via e-tolling.
 
Sanral said its e-toll gantries could already do limited average speed enforcement.
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its been more than a decade and they cant even implement average speed enforcement. Give them another decade
 
So if I never paid or had any agreement with them thry still going to sell my data?
I will sell their data as well.
 
Grubscrew said:
Why?
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I think it might be related to the article.
Probably not the speeding thing but that could have some attempts.
He could be talking about the data.
He could be talking about another article though I'm not too sure but seems kinda obvious to me he's not.
 
If the user data can bring in money, then I am all for selling it. They should consider selling it to criminal syndicates and marketing companies. Perhaps even setting up a darkweb website and selling access to consumer data there too. They will make a lot of money.
 
As an incompetent government agency, I'm sure all the user data will be leaked. So why pay them when it will be available for free
 
Oh just leave it alone, nobody with half a brain cell is paying and never will, so why worry about it. Let them debate it for the next 10 years it's not going to make any difference to my life or anyone elses. We all know people who are not paying aren't all of a sudden going to pay so why is it ever mentioned in the media.
 
Hemi300c said:
Government is no obliged to comply to POPI
Strange, yes, but they would never be able to comply.
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Wrong. Government is not exempt from POPIA. All government agencies need to comply with the Act too.

But, I do believe that they will use their influence over the Information Regulator, Judges, Magistrates, Lower courts, High Courts, Appeal courts and Constitutional courts in order to ensure that there are no repercussions.
 
Hemi300c said:
Government is no obliged to comply to POPI
Strange, yes, but they would never be able to comply.
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Except sanral technically isn't government, its a company and would still have to comply with popi.
 
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