Scan cars parking enforcement

Municipality of Utrecht

By deploying scan cars, we are providing a better and more efficient way of parking enforcement. As a result, if you are a resident, you can get a parking fine sooner if you were found to be in violation, than before.

Last change on 12th of July 2024, at 9:53 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0

• Publication category: Impactful algorithms
• Impact assessment: DPIA, ...
• Status: In use

General information

Theme

Traffic

Begin date

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Contact information

[e-mail]

Responsible use

Goal and impact

Checking with scanning cars whether there is wrong parking

Considerations

Results Uthiek Assessment: by deploying scan cars, we ensure a better and more efficient way of parking enforcement. With this, we as a municipality perform our statutory duty in the right way. This contributes to the Power Relations value. The value Privacy is NOT at stake because personal data of residents (images of license plate cars) are not stored and are deleted directly in the scan car's camera. From the value Control of technology, this was a requirement for the deployment of scan cars. Residents with a disabled parking card can register their parking action digitally or notify the municipality by phone. This prevents disabled residents from receiving an unjustified fine for wrong parking. This is an interpretation of the value Justice, as we are mindful of the vulnerable resident.

Human intervention

The algorithm (with direct impact on Utrecht residents and their living environment) only serves as a source of information for an employee, who takes the right follow-up step based on this information and the context of the situation. This principle is included in our Utrecht framework Internal Guidelines for Algorithm Application.

Risk management

The Utrecht data scientists, Information and Process Advisors (IPA) and Decentralised Information Security Officers (DISO) within the Utrecht municipality have a controlling and monitoring role in the application of the algorithm, in addition to the employees directly involved. By doing so, we want to prevent the following risks from occurring:

- data leak by making personal data of Utrecht residents publicly available

- algorithm takes a decision completely independently, without the intervention of an employee and without interpreting the relevant context of the situation

- 'function creep' regarding data in the application of the algorithm, causing the algorithm to give a distorted picture of what is going on. This can occur because the same type of data is used when applying the algorithm, and the algorithm uses that as confirmation of what comes out as information

Impact assessment

• Utrechts Uthiek Assessment
• Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Operations

Data

- photo of possible offence

- RDW data