Smart cities
Municipalities are increasingly looking for ways to measure and improve solutions for mobility, energy, safety and housing issues. An example of this is WiFi tracking. A municipality can use this technique for measuring the volume of people in a shopping street during the weekend. This is part of the development of what is called ‘smart cities’.
Measurement methods such as these have a significant impact on the privacy of residents. That is why it is very important that municipalities take sufficient account of privacy when using them.