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Thursday, June 21, 2001
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2778752,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest Car spy pushes privacy limit By Robert Lemos, ZDNN June 20, 2001 1:42 PM PT Car renters beware: Big Brother may be riding shotgun. In a case that could help set the bar for the amount of privacy drivers of rental cars can expect, a Connecticut man is suing a local rental company, Acme Rent-a-Car, after it used GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to track him and then fined him $450 for speeding three times. The case underscores the ways that new technologies can invade people's privacy, said Richard Smith, chief technologist at the not-for-profit Privacy Foundation. "Soon our cell phones will be tracking us," he said. "GPS could be one more on the checklist here. Frankly, giving out speeding tickets is the job of the police, not of private industry." ...
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