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Fig. 2. Entering details for an event. Figure 2 shows a screen with details for an occurrence. Completing the details and adding pictures is a task that can be performed at any time and helps improve the quality of information. There will be several authorization levels in the platform, so that only some users will be able to monitor and edit the entered data. An administrator will manage permissions and users. 3. Legal issues: an overview As CPTED has a strong connection to city planning, some of the implications for planning and policy development should be addressed. Some authors [18] discuss the “dark side” of the CPTED, by analogy to the dark side in planning and architecture. This dark side in planning refers to the vision of planning as an oppressive mechanism of social control. The authors argue that given that CPTED has close links to planning, its dark side should also be analysed. Although we understand the concerns, we should point out that CPTED in itself, if used properly, that is, respecting the fundamental rights enshrined in legal instruments such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Portuguese constitution, could prove to be an invaluable instrument to crime prevention. The key issue here is to strike a delicate balance between security, liberty and privacy, maximizing to the extent that is possible each one of these values without denying their fundamental core. It is a difficult task, but not an impossible one. Besides this overarching issue, others arise from the CPTED: • Should the CPTED database be opened to all citizens? Should citizens access all CPTED information concerning their neighborhood? Could this bring some form of discrimination based on lack of or of excessive crime prevention? P.M.Freitasetal. / SmartCitiesandSecurity–APreventiveApproach 219