Canada Group Sues Government over Google’s Sidewalk Labs

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The city envisaged by Sidewalk Labs would collect data from a range of sources

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is suing three levels of government over a Google-backed plan to build a smart neighbourhood in Toronto. The association is suing Waterfront Toronto, municipal, provincial and federal governments. Sidewalk Labs – a firm owned by Google’s parent Alphabet – won a bid with Waterfront Toronto in October 2017 to develop a 12-acre patch of industrial landscape in Toronto, Ontario into a “smart city”.

Source: www.bbc.com