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GPS Tracking Devices - Teens Vs Parents, Law Enforcement Vs Invasion Of Privacy

GPS tracking devices have a multitude ofThere is likely quite a few teens who believe
uses, the majority of them are mostlythat  this  is and invasion of their privacy.
beneficial. However, global positioning
satellite system devices sometimes involveGPS  Tracking  Devices  and  Surveillance
privacy issues that can, at times, lead to
controversy.Does the thought run through your mind if
your spouse having an affair? Curious to
Fleet  Vehicles  and  GPS  Tracking  Devicesfind out what your brother-in-law is up to?
If you place a hidden GPS tracking device on
You'll find that there are many companiestheir vehicle, you will at least know where
both large and small that use globalthey are going in their car. You may have to
positioning tracking devices to follow thecome to your own conclusions as to what they
location of their vehicles. The majority ofare  actually  doing  there.
trucking companies have the capability to
tell you where all of their vehicles are atThere are many people who would agree that
any given point in time. In a similarthis would be an invasion of privacy and
manner, taxi companies as well as repairquite a few would be offended if they either
companies have the capability to monitorknew or suspected you were tracking them.
their trucks location so that they canThings get a little more involved when police
dispatch  them  in  a  more efficient manner.use  GPS  tracking  devices.
However, there are people that believe thisGlobal positioning tracking devices have been
gives the companies who choose to use GPSused by police to successfully solve crimes.
tracking devices more information than isAn example of the conflict between serving
needed about their drivers. For instance,justice and invasion of privacy; say the
trucking companies have the capability topolice put a GPS tracking device on the car
know how much time a trucker has spent on theof a person they suspect of being a murderer.
road, when and for what period of time heThey successfully track the the murderer as
stops for sleep or meals and if he has takenhe unknowingly leads them to the victims
any  unscheduled  side  trips.grave. Is this an invasion of privacy? Should
law enforcement officials be allowed to use
Dispatchers at these companies may be privyglobal positioning tracking devices this way?
to personal information that is none of their
business, such as a driver having lunch eachIf, for instance, the police need to obtain a
day at the same place, and it is not hissearch warrant from a judge to use a GPS
residence. Some individuals are of thetracking device, should a private citizen be
opinion that this constitutes an invasion ofable to use this technology without a
personal  privacy.warrant? Should the average private citizen
even be allowed to use global positioning
Teens  and  GPS  Tracking  Devicestracking device technology at all? At times
the right to privacy and the right to
There are some parents who use globalinformation are in conflict, this is one of
positioning tracking devices to know thethose  time.
location of their teens. They may download
global positioning system tracking softwareAll technology has moral and ethical
technology to the mobile phones of theirimplications that we as individuals and
teens, or they may place a global positioningsociety as a whole has to grapple with. The
system tracking device somewhere in theirright to privacy is the ethical dilemma we
car. The teenagers may or may not be awareare forced to deal with when we use GPS
that  their  parents  are  monitoring  them.tracking device technology.



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