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The legislation raises questions on whether it violates privacy rights, but the Justice Ministry contends that projects such as this have been undertaken in other democracies as well
Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel's Startups and Business reporter An Israeli man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Israelis are asking what kind of medical data has been promised to US-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in return for the millions of additional doses of the vaccine that are being rushed to Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday that Pfizer had agreed to send millions more doses to Israel, which will serve as a “model country” for the pharmaceutical giant, offering in return statistical data...
Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The only directives regarding the installation of such CCTV cameras are from the Justice Ministry’s Privacy Protection Authority from 2012, and directives regarding the use of drones as well as an Interior Ministry procedure on cameras in parking structures. According to the report’s author, Ro’i Goldschmidt, facial recognition cameras are not in use by any of the municipalities that responded to the Knesset research center’s questionnaire. However, the Israel Airports Authority did not respond to the questionnaire and the Publi...