Law Technology

GPS devices offer peace of mind, but at what price?

By Michael Arkfeld

GPS devices offer peace of mind, but at what price?  "When Robbie Corey, 17, discovered the small GPS tracking device his stepfather planted under his driver's seat, he was shocked. "I actually thought it might be a bomb," said the Livermore teenager. Corey switched off the small device, watching the LED light fade. He then later confronted David Hill, his stepfather, about the strange black box he found in his 1993 dark blue Saturn. When Hill told him he installed the GPS unit to gather evidence on the teenager's driving habits and routes, Corey was livid. "I was shocked, I was angry, I didn't know what to think," Corey said of the incident, which occurred last summer. "I thought, 'What are they going to do next, put a camera in my car?'" . . . "

Full post as published by Electronic Discovery & Evidence on September 05, 2006 (boomark / email).