TOKYO — Out of respect for the privacy of the royal family, Tokyo building ordinances prohibit any structures taller than 108.5 meters in the area around the Imperial Palace.
Activists are hopeful that in the coming months the city council and mayor's office will appoint members of a privacy advisory committee to draft a city ordinance on surveillance.
Unfortunately, the ordinance passed today threatens the privacy of drivers, imposes substantial costs on passengers and the City, and conflicts with longstanding federal law.
"Unfortunately, the ordinance passed today threatens the privacy of drivers, imposes substantial costs on passengers and the city, and conflicts with longstanding federal law," Lyft's statement said.
The ordinance had broadly worded provisions encouraging privacy in corporate records, and there was little discussion about what that privacy might mean for financial markets.
"I do worry about what the police decide not to report to the privacy committee and as part of the new ordinance," said Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Council on American-Islamic
"We aim to repeal this ordinance before it goes into effect to provide for the privacy and protection of the women and children of our state," Moore and Forest write in a statement.
Stratton argued that the ordinance, adopted in 1998, was justified by the need to protect residents' privacy and deter fraud, mentioning crime only in passing.
She is just the kind of person City Council members had in mind when they passed the ordinance, which has delighted some and angered others and prompted complaints about invasion of privacy and even threats to boycott the city, Maine's second-largest.
Because of Jeter's privacy and security concerns, he wanted a six-foot wall built around the house, requiring a variance because it was two feet taller than allowed by a city ordinance.
