Apparently, some models TomTom GPS sends your GPS data back to the central office. TomTom then feed this back to local government and law enforcement authorities.
Now they say they will stop doing that. I think they should be sued. They should have put some note in plain sight, saying that using this device may provide your speed to the police. If you are thinking that speeding is against the law, it kills, etc. You won’t get an argument from me, but I don’t think companies should be providing information about your behavior to law enforcement without you first knowing that could happen.
Saw this story over at Slashdot.
GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police
Posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @01:58PM
from the put-your-speed-trap-riiiiight-here dept.
from the put-your-speed-trap-riiiiight-here dept.
An anonymous reader writes “The GPS systems in TomTom’s Live range all feature built-in 3G data cards, which feed location and route information back to a central server. According to CNET, this data, along with users’ speed information, is being made available to local governments and the police.” From the article: “Knowing the cops can see where you’re driving and how fast you’re going is eye-opening stuff, but TomTom says the data is anonymous and can never be traced back to an individual user or device. Ordinarily, we’d be reassured by this, but we recall Apple saying something similar before the location-tracking excrement hit the phone-carrying fan.”