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A comment on Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amounts’ of location data. Parent comment
Your car gets stolen, you report the VIN and the plate to the police, they get a warrant. No Database required.
Your parent was talking about a load of historical data that's available via your VIN number.
> History of fines tied to person or vehicle. Dealerships and insurance have records tied to the VIN. Who financed loans for how much...
If that's all true, that's absurd. All that is required for what you're talking about is, at best, a database of current owners.
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Your car gets stolen, you report the VIN and the plate to the police, they get a warrant. No Database required.
Your parent was talking about a load of historical data that's available via your VIN number.
> History of fines tied to person or vehicle. Dealerships and insurance have records tied to the VIN. Who financed loans for how much...
If that's all true, that's absurd. All that is required for what you're talking about is, at best, a database of current owners.