Next week, the problem that arose with the personal data of citizens will be solved, which will be managed by the American company, which operates the photo-surveillance system with the cameras of the Traffic Police.
Due to the problems and gaps identified by the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, Irini Loizidou - Nikolaidou, It has not been possible to send warning letters to offending drivers to date, although the system has been in operation since 25 October.
Following the instructions of the Commissioner, the Police and the contractor of the project, have prepared an agreement which was approved and will be signed soon, so that warnings to the offenders begin to be sent in the first phase from the 1st of the new year and out of court. The Commissioner asked for it to be done impact assessment from personal data management. The assessment is the safeguard for the protection of personal data, as well as what the camera will photograph. Police have prepared documents regarding the procedure to be followed, the jurisdiction of the American company, how each side will act from the time an illegality is recorded, when the data is deleted, etc., in order to protect personal data. the citizens. These documents are being studied and seem to meet the Commissioner's requirements to give the green light for their signing.
As the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Giannis Karousos, stated to "F", everything is ready and from next week, warnings will start to be sent to those drivers who were recorded by the cameras, so that they are legal.
This development favors that the horizon of 1/1/2022 where the offenders will now be reported will be valid without any postponement. According to the assistant director of the Traffic Police and responsible for the photo-marking system, Haris Evripidou, the majority of drivers have started to comply and not to break where the fixed cameras are. As can be seen from the data, the violations from 1.700 per day have now been reduced to 800 - 900 with most of them being recorded by fixed cameras.
The Traffic Police, however, estimates that with the operation of the system and the complaints of drivers, there will be a reduction of traffic collisions, mainly in road junctions controlled by traffic lights, but also in deaths, since the speeds on the highways will be reduced as well as in urban ones. areas.
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