Luxembourg will soon get a “digital mobility observatory” which will collect and analyse mobility data from residents to optimise public transport services, according to a law that was adopted in parliament on Thursday.
The new observatory will be attached to the ministry of mobility. The data that it gathers is supposed to be used to create an “intelligent transport system”, said rapporteur Corinne Cahen during a discussion in parliament.
The law creates the legal framework for the use of personal data. Data protection concerns, including those of the National Commission for Data Protection, have been taken into account in the latest version of the law.
However, Pirate Party MP Marc Goergen criticised the fact that the data is not anonymised, but only pseudonymised. According to Goergen, this would create a “data octopus”. His motion in favour of an amendment that would allow citizens to opt out was defeated.
(This article was originally published by the Luxemburger Wort. Translated using AI, edited by Kabir Agarwal.)