| GPS tracking devices have a multitude of | | | | that this is and invasion of their privacy. |
| uses, the majority of them are mostly | | | | |
| beneficial. However, GPS devices sometimes | | | | GPS Tracking Devices and Surveillance |
| involve 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 GPS tracking | | | | they are going in their car. You may have to |
| devices to follow the location of their | | | | come to your own conclusions as to what they |
| vehicles. The majority of trucking companies | | | | are actually doing there. |
| have the capability to tell you where all of | | | | |
| their vehicles are at any given point in | | | | There are many people who would agree that |
| time. In a similar manner, taxi companies as | | | | this would be an invasion of privacy and |
| well as repair companies have the capability | | | | quite a few would be offended if they either |
| to monitor their trucks location so that they | | | | knew or suspected you were tracking them. |
| can dispatch them in a more efficient manner. | | | | Things get a little more involved when police |
| | | | use GPS tracking devices. |
| However, there are people that believe this | | | | |
| gives the companies who choose to use GPS | | | | GPS tracking devices have been used by police |
| tracking devices more information than is | | | | to successfully solve crimes. An example of |
| needed about their drivers. For instance, | | | | the conflict between serving justice and |
| trucking companies have the capability to | | | | invasion of privacy; say the police put a GPS |
| know how much time a trucker has spent on the | | | | tracking device on the car of a person they |
| road, when and for what period of time he | | | | suspect of being a murderer. They |
| stops for sleep or meals and if he has taken | | | | successfully track the the murderer as he |
| any unscheduled side trips. | | | | unknowingly leads them to the victims grave. |
| | | | Is this an invasion of privacy? Should law |
| Dispatchers at these companies may be privy | | | | enforcement officials be allowed to use GPS |
| to personal information that is none of their | | | | tracking devices this way? |
| business, such as a driver having lunch each | | | | |
| day at the same place, and it is not his | | | | If, for instance, the police need to obtain a |
| residence. Some individuals are of the | | | | search warrant from a judge to use a GPS |
| opinion that this constitutes an invasion of | | | | tracking device, should a private citizen be |
| personal privacy. | | | | able to use this technology without a |
| | | | warrant? Should the average private citizen |
| Teens and GPS Tracking Devices | | | | even be allowed to use GPS tracking device |
| | | | technology at all? At times the right to |
| There are some parents who use GPS tracking | | | | privacy and the right to information are in |
| devices to know the location of their teens. | | | | conflict, this is one of those time. |
| They may download GPS tracking software | | | | |
| technology to the mobile phones of their | | | | All technology has moral and ethical |
| teens, or they may place a GPS tracking | | | | implications that we as individuals and |
| device somewhere in their car. The teenagers | | | | society as a whole has to grapple with. The |
| may or may not be aware that their parents | | | | right to privacy is the ethical dilemma we |
| are monitoring them. | | | | are forced to deal with when we use GPS |
| | | | tracking device technology. |
| There is likely quite a few teens who believe | | | | |