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Tuesday, February 6. 2007

Korean Politician Cites Violation of Privacy by Wireless Carriers for Tracking Apps

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A Korean politician, Kim Tae-hwan, of the Grand National Party, noted that "Korean wireless providers have been operating location-based services (LBS) such as "buddy finder" services in violation of the Protection of Location Information Act," according to Chosun.com. Korean law states that when carriers provide a location to a third party, "the carrier must immediately notify those whose information was disclosed." The carriers disagree with the assessment and state that a prior arrangement with the individual is in place the first time the service is used.

Posted by Joe Francica in LBS at 10:18 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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There's a relevant story about a Seventh Circuit of the US Court of Appeals case that ruled against defendant who said the police violated his Fourth Amendment constitutional rights by placing a GPS device on his car. The Court’s ruling said it was not unlawful. So, phones or similar location-aware devices can be attached to other objects for tracking if criminal activity is suspected. The question is, is that a carrier liability or someone else's within the Courts eyes. The Court proceedings can be listened to here - http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/0E0WJ21R.mp3
#1 Jon Spinney on 2007-02-06 15:13 (Reply)
What Korea does he mean? North Korea or South Korea?
#2 Alex Martial (Link) on 2007-02-06 16:10 (Reply)
I was informed that the proceedings link offered was inactive. It is accessible here under ‘Oral Argument’ - http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?caseno=06-2741&submit=showdkt
#3 Jon Spinney on 2007-02-06 21:48 (Reply)

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