A new research paper on smart cities argues municipalities should proceed with caution on ‘smart’ projects and hyper-consult over the ways citizens’ data can be collected and used. “Municipalities should tread carefully and engage in as much public consultation as possible as they re-conceptualize and remodel infrastructures around digital platforms,” the report authors Sara Bannerman and Angela Orasch conclude. The report presented online polling data suggesting Canadians are leery about how smart city technologies and projects treat their data and affect their privacy....
