Re:TomTom apologies for giving customer driving data to cops
by wladimir on Thursday April 28, 2011 @02:58AM
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It's indeed not what people gave permission for "use this data to improve the service" is not: "sell to third parties and the government".
But at least they gave only anonymized, statistical data to the police, so they knew where a lot of people are speeding and could post there.
I'd have been outraged if they had passed individual customer data so the police could send traffic tickets after-the-fact. But that's luckily not the case.
Re:TomTom apologies for giving customer driving data to cops
by joelhaasnoot on Thursday April 28, 2011 @03:15AM
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Other news sources here in the Netherlands have also reported that it wasn't neccesarily direct info about individual users. A traffic analysis bureau created reports on this data for road management authorities, and the reports combined with accident data was were used to set speed traps.
But at least they gave only anonymized, statistical data to the police, so they knew where a lot of people are speeding and could post there.
I'd have been outraged if they had passed individual customer data so the police could send traffic tickets after-the-fact. But that's luckily not the case.
REALLY? You never foresaw clients not being happy about it??