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Oyster, Octopus and Metro cards: what happens to our data?

26th October 2012

Today, travelling within many cities around the world comes at a cost: privacy. Electronic ticketing systems are proliferating, but it’s not clear how much information they collect or what they do with it. Privacy International has written to 48 transport authorities and companies operating transport services across the world requesting this data. The kinds of personal information held about users of London’s Oyster card (which is used to travel by tube, train and bus) include full name,…