The Ministry of Public Security has just issued Circular No. 67/2024/TT-BCA regulating the process of management and use of professional technical means and equipment in the People's Public Security and data collected from means and technical equipment provided by individuals and organizations to detect administrative violations. This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2025.
Notably, the circular stipulates that data in professional technical equipment and vehicles, including cameras for issuing fines, must not be arbitrarily deleted or changed. In case the internal memory or memory card of a professional technical equipment or vehicle is full of data and cannot store more, the user of the professional technical equipment or vehicle must report to the person with the authority to approve the plan for using the professional technical equipment or vehicle, and transfer the data to the unit's computer for storage according to regulations.
Deleting data in professional technical equipment and memory cards can only be done after storing the data in the unit's computer and must be recorded in a record, with the signature of the person authorized to approve the plan for using professional technical equipment and means. The police of units and localities assigned to manage and use professional technical equipment and means must comply with the provisions of this Circular.
Before this regulation, Dr. Khuong Kim Tao - former Deputy Chief of Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee said that strict management of data collected from traffic monitoring devices is necessary.
"Data collected at monitoring devices is evidence to resolve disputes during traffic violations. Collecting this data will shorten the time for traffic police to handle violations.
However, fine data needs to be strictly managed to avoid covering up violations. Furthermore, when the collected data is managed, it will limit information leakage and create opportunities for bad actors to impersonate and commit fraud," said Mr. Tao.
The former Deputy Chief of Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee also proposed that when implementing the process of managing data collected from monitoring devices, authorities should study and apply high-tech applications to make management more convenient.
"In foreign countries, data management is done on high-tech devices with the ability to store and extract fine data quickly. Police officers are only allowed to record fines through surveillance cameras, the recorded data will be transferred directly to the central server and not everyone can access it to delete it.
This prevents negative consequences from traffic violations. Violators and police officers must both be punished according to the law instead of trying to cover up for personal gain.
In addition, the use of smart software will help shorten the time in managing, monitoring, arranging and extracting data to ensure transparency in handling traffic violations" - Dr. Khuong Kim Tao informed.
