Video reporting, information security is key

To some extent, the more videos you shoot, the greater the possibility of personal privacy disclosure. Law enforcement agencies need to do enough work in this regard to ensure that personal privacy is not disclosed.
From now on, the Shanghai police officially launched the video reporting channel for traffic violations. The video data recorded by the mass vehicle-mounted tachograph, such as running the red light and illegally occupying the special lane, can be used as the content of the report. The public security organ will punish the violators according to law after verification and confirmation. According to media reporters, Beijing traffic management department will develop a platform, and citizens can also report traffic violations by hand (the Beijing News on May 4).
Such phenomena as running a red light and illegally occupying a special lane are quite common in our lives. Because of this, seemingly minor traffic violations have caused a lot of trouble to people's lives. The Shanghai police officially launched the video channel for reporting traffic violations, which has set a precedent nationwide. Once good results are achieved, it is believed that more and more places will follow suit and make traffic violations nowhere to hide.
Making full use of advanced information technology can undoubtedly make up for the shortage of law enforcement force, especially for those violations that are closely related to people's lives. If the law enforcement department can explore a set of formed experience, especially continuously promote the seamless connection between information technology and law enforcement procedures, then the video report of traffic violations can be copied to other fields. For some important livelihood issues and public issues related to the interests of the majority of people, video reporting channels can be opened in due time. Compared with words and pictures, video reporting is more persuasive and provides more information, which is more conducive to law enforcement departments to take action against relevant violations.
Although video reporting has many advantages, we should also pay attention to protecting personal privacy. Video contains a large amount of information, and the corresponding personal privacy content is also more. With regard to protecting the privacy of informants, the Shanghai police have made full preparations for this. According to the police, it will do a good job of confidentiality. During the investigation of the case by the public security and traffic police department, it will investigate the informant and make the inquiry record. If the informant is unwilling to disclose his name or report his behavior, the public security organ will indicate it and keep it confidential when registering the case. On the other hand, people should also pay attention to the privacy of the informant. Once the report video is handed over to the law enforcement agencies through the formal channels, there should be restrictions on its dissemination. The informant must bear the corresponding legal consequences for his own violations, but should not bear the additional punishment brought by the disclosure of personal privacy.
Now, mobile terminals such as mobile phones are becoming more and more capable of shooting. It can be predicted that video reporting of violations will become more and more common in the future, but to some extent, the more videos are taken, the greater the possibility of personal privacy disclosure. Law enforcement agencies need to do enough work in this regard to ensure that personal privacy is not disclosed.
In the long run, not only traffic law enforcement and law enforcement in other fields, but also all aspects of the construction of the rule of law will be more and more closely combined with information technology. If properly applied, information technology will greatly promote social fairness and justice, but it also has a double-edged sword effect. The key to correctly use information technology to promote the construction of the rule of law is to ensure information security. The so-called information security here is a broad concept, which specifically means that information must be used to promote social progress through formal channels, and cannot be abused. Information insecurity, such as information leakage and information system intrusion, will ultimately result in the abuse of information, which will damage social fairness and justice. Information explosion and accelerated flow are the general trend. If viewed from a pessimistic perspective, the risk of information leakage is also the general trend. In the face of such a situation, it is of great significance for law enforcement agencies to open up video reporting channels, which can not only play the due disciplinary role for specific illegal acts, but also completely create a sample of correct use of information on the track of the rule of law under the premise of ensuring security, so that people can fully feel the huge role of information technology and the rule of law in promoting social progress after the integration, Then establish a highly legalized concept of information security. Information technology can escort the construction of the rule of law, and the ultimate patron saint of information security must also be the rule of law.