Smart Cities Plan: Privatization of Citizen Data Accelerated

Imagine the government wanted to make cities smarter using data.

They collected information about things like traffic and public transport.

They built systems to analyze this data and create apps to make life easier, like online ticketing and route planning.

However, instead of the government controlling this data, it's being shared with private companies.

These companies are then using the data to make their own apps, essentially privatizing services that were supposed to benefit everyone.

This raises questions about who owns our data and how it's being used.