| GPS tracking devices have a multitude of | | | | There is likely quite a few teens who believe |
| uses, the majority of them are mostly | | | | that this is and invasion of their privacy. |
| beneficial. However, global positioning | | | | |
| satellite system devices sometimes involve | | | | GPS 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 Devices | | | | find 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 companies | | | | their vehicle, you will at least know where |
| both large and small that use global | | | | they are going in their car. You may have to |
| positioning tracking devices to follow the | | | | come to your own conclusions as to what they |
| location of their vehicles. The majority of | | | | are actually doing there. |
| trucking companies have the capability to | | | | |
| tell you where all of their vehicles are at | | | | There are many people who would agree that |
| any given point in time. In a similar | | | | this would be an invasion of privacy and |
| manner, taxi companies as well as repair | | | | quite a few would be offended if they either |
| companies have the capability to monitor | | | | knew or suspected you were tracking them. |
| their trucks location so that they can | | | | Things get a little more involved when police |
| dispatch them in a more efficient manner. | | | | use GPS tracking devices. |
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| However, there are people that believe this | | | | Global positioning tracking devices have been |
| gives the companies who choose to use GPS | | | | used by police to successfully solve crimes. |
| tracking devices more information than is | | | | An example of the conflict between serving |
| needed about their drivers. For instance, | | | | justice and invasion of privacy; say the |
| trucking companies have the capability to | | | | police put a GPS tracking device on the car |
| know how much time a trucker has spent on the | | | | of a person they suspect of being a murderer. |
| road, when and for what period of time he | | | | They successfully track the the murderer as |
| stops for sleep or meals and if he has taken | | | | he 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 privy | | | | global positioning tracking devices this way? |
| to personal information that is none of their | | | | |
| business, such as a driver having lunch each | | | | If, for instance, the police need to obtain a |
| day at the same place, and it is not his | | | | search warrant from a judge to use a GPS |
| residence. Some individuals are of the | | | | tracking device, should a private citizen be |
| opinion that this constitutes an invasion of | | | | able 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 Devices | | | | tracking device technology at all? At times |
| | | | the right to privacy and the right to |
| There are some parents who use global | | | | information are in conflict, this is one of |
| positioning tracking devices to know the | | | | those time. |
| location of their teens. They may download | | | | |
| global positioning system tracking software | | | | All technology has moral and ethical |
| technology to the mobile phones of their | | | | implications that we as individuals and |
| teens, or they may place a global positioning | | | | society as a whole has to grapple with. The |
| system tracking device somewhere in their | | | | right to privacy is the ethical dilemma we |
| car. The teenagers may or may not be aware | | | | are forced to deal with when we use GPS |
| that their parents are monitoring them. | | | | tracking device technology. |
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