Why the other options are wrong:

• a police budget increase approved by city council.: A police budget increase is not the subject of the report.
• a new traffic safety campaign in downtown Ottawa.: The report is about privacy concerns, not a traffic safety campaign.
• a federal investigation into social media companies.: The investigation involves a municipal surveillance system, not social media companies.

Correct Answer: licence plates, pedestrian patterns, and location data.

Why this is correct: The transcript says the system can process licence plates, pedestrian movement patterns, and time-stamped location data. These are the three types of information the software analyses.

Why the other options are wrong:

• financial transactions at local businesses.: Financial transactions at local businesses are not mentioned.
• emergency response times across the city.: Emergency response times are not reported among the data analysed. The stated categories are licence plates, pedestrian movement patterns, and time-stamped location data.
• social media posts by Ottawa residents.: Social media posts are not reported among the data analysed. The report describes traffic-camera and mobile-unit footage and lists licence plates, pedestrian movement patterns, and location data.

Correct Answer: 14 formal complaints were received.

Why this is correct: The transcript says the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner confirmed it opened a review after receiving fourteen formal complaints. The complaints triggered the commissioner's involvement.

Why the other options are wrong:

• NorthRiver Analytics released a public apology.: The report describes NorthRiver Analytics denying wrongdoing. It does not report a public apology as the trigger for the commissioner's involvement.
• the Ottawa Police Service requested guidance.: The police service paused use of the tool, while the stated trigger for the review was fourteen formal complaints. A police request is not reported as that trigger.
• city council voted to expand the programme.: The report says the commissioner opened a review after fourteen formal complaints. It does not identify a council vote to expand the programme as the trigger.

Correct Answer: residents were not clearly informed and did not consent to being tracked.

Why this is correct: Chen said residents were not clearly informed and did not consent to being tracked while simply walking downtown. Her concern is that residents were not clearly informed about the surveillance and did not consent to being tracked.

Why the other options are wrong:

• the software failed to anonymise any data.: The company claims data is anonymised, but Chen's point is about consent and transparency, not whether any data was anonymised.
• the contract bypassed federal approval.: She did not say the contract bypassed federal approval.
• the police ignored traffic safety priorities.: She focused on privacy, not on traffic safety priorities being ignored.

Correct Answer: the city is likely to tighten oversight of surveillance technology.

Why this is correct: The police have paused the tool, the privacy commissioner is reviewing, and city staff are expected to present a revised oversight plan. These steps all point toward tighter controls on surveillance technology in the future.

Why the other options are wrong:

• the privacy review has already cleared the system.: The review is still underway, so the system has not been cleared yet.
• the programme will expand to other Ontario cities immediately.: There is no mention of expanding to other Ontario cities.
• NorthRiver Analytics will cancel the contract this month.: The report does not say NorthRiver Analytics will cancel the contract this month.