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Monday, November 16. 2009
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Dutch to Tax Drivers Based on Driving Distance, Road Time using GPS
According to the Associated Press, the Netherlands will levy a tax based on the time spent driving in order to reduce congested highways. When the plan takes effect in 2012, a GPS monitoring system will track the distance, time, and place of drivers who will pay a few cents per kilometer. The tax replaces an annual road tax that amounts to approximately $900 per year for a mid-size car.
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Friday, September 18. 2009
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Mass Supreme Judicial Court: Installing GPS with Warrant OK
The highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts upheld the right of police to install GPS tracking device to track suspects so long as a judge grants a warrant. The court ruled, unanimously, that such action "does not violate the ban on unreasonable search and seizure in the state’s Declaration of Rights."
But, there are some stipulations: The officers, must of course convince a judge a warrant is appropriate and the "devices can be installed for up to 15 days before police must show why the devices need to remain in place."
- The Boston Globe
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Wednesday, September 16. 2009
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Alberta Judge Pro on GPS for Wandering Seniors; Others Consider it a Privacy Issue
After lots of discussion about using GPS for parolees, this is the next frontier. The judge feels GPS tracking can save lives. Others, including the Alzheimer Society of Canada, think it's an invasion of privacy and may be used in place of appropriate care.
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Monday, August 10. 2009
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Don't Track Kids, Track the Folks Checking Up on the Kids
Florida is among the first states to use GPS, digital photography and cell technology to insure that case workers responsible for the state's challenged children are doing their jobs.
The Florida Department of Children and Families new Blackberry app upload information directly to the state database in Tallahassee at each home visit. Social workers snap the child's picture which is sent on to the database stamped with a date, time and GPS coordinates. That helps document visits and keep workers safe in rough neighborhoods. It may also prevent some false records that led to children being lost forever.
For now the app is in use in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties now, with a rollout to the entire data planned for October.
- Miami Herald
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Posted by Adena Schutzberg
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Thursday, August 6. 2009
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EFF Civil Liberties Director: We Need Tech for Privacy Protection; Laws are Not Doing the Job
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick put it a bit more elegantly at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium held at the University of Washington in Seattle yesterday.
"We need technology. Citizens need technology to protect themselves because the law is not doing it."
The most well-publicized privacy invasions revolved around location tracking. She explained how the 4th amendment to the constitution (against unlawful search and seizure) only applies at home, leaving many places where tracking can legally occur. Some states do require a warrant to use a GPS for tracking.
- PC World
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Friday, July 24. 2009
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Ubisense Tracking Cow Health
The company, which uses active tags to determine their locations, now has them on cows in partnership with Danish Smarterfarming. The tags help farmers track behavior which can help identify illness. For example, one disease is preceded by shorter eating times a few days before the animal becomes ill. The tags could help find "soon to be ill" cows and speed treatment, which means, fewer sick days and more milk.
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