And then i carry my groceries back and this way i am not having data about me put in a database because the only data the only personal data. That isnt just about you that isnt a threat to you is the data that hasnt been collected is a distraction to talk about protection of data in the databases because the real way to protect your privacy is make sure the data isnt collected about what you do or where you go or who you talk with or what you say to them. So were going to be talking all the progress whether people should be choosing between safety and privacy but let me just. Not a choice privacy is part of safety remember one of the biggest dangers these days is political safety safety for instance from governments that are repressive or thora tarion and cruel and if the more they know about what people are doing the more dangerous they are collecting data is part of their technique for repression and then there are the movements anti Truth Movement such as you can find many governmen
Chair and directors, yes, i do. So if youre ready, ill begin with this. Meeting of the citizens im sorry, i think there seems to be a lag here. Chair borden its not the same as what youre seeing on tv. Your audio is a little bit labored. I dont know if your internet quality is well. Okay. Okay. See if that helps. If it gets really bad, just let me know and i can just submit my report as a written report. No problem, go ahead. Great. So at the last meeting of the Citizens Advisory Council, we met director lai and welcomed her to the board. Thank you, again, for stopping by. We always appreciate welcoming Board Directors at our meetings. Also at our september meeting, i expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction with the rollout and subsequent rollback of rail service. And i hope that, if nothing else, the problems with rail revealed opportunities to fix and strengthen our system starting with more support at central on that. At our september meeting we heard from operators and members
Regular meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, chair of this body. Im joined by gordon mar, matt haney and cynthia pollock. I would like to thank michael from sfgov for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, i do madam chair, in order to protect our commissioners, City Employees and the public, city hall is closed. This precaution is being taken pursuant to the local, state orders. Commission meetings will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the same extent as they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone call by calling 4156550001. Again, its 4156550001, meeting id 146 7977410. Then press pound and pound again. Then you will hear the meeting discussions which will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interes
Of the coronavirus. Plus the brigadier who wants to run the World Trade Organization counting the cost on aljazeera. Called golden passports documents obtained in cyprus by a british people from a number of countries the aim for some is to access the e. U. One of void corruption write downs at home or elsewhere but is that legal and whats come the e. U. Do to stop it this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. A whole bottle and aljazeera investigation has revealed that cyprus has being given european passports to convicted criminals and high level political figures if for an investing 2 and a half 1000000. 00 in the country the logs leak of possible data to our Investigative Unit expose a serious flaws to the islands so cold golden passport scheme thats generated more than 8000000000. 00 for its government there will be and Justice Commissioner says hell consider legal action against cyprus Deborah Davis reports. The European Parliament has repeatedly demanded an end to scheme
Whitehouse leave me alone. [laughter] i am telling you, if we ever clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks in senator leahy and i will be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to create some kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know they are doing it at the world bank, but i like the global fund idea where the world comes together under American Leadership to solve a problem. Thank you colleagues, for your leadership. Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the joking that goes back and forth, it is safe to say that the chairman and i feel very strongly about this. We do want to help. Were inwhitehouse and i vietnam last year. We met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic pollution and had a great meetin