Ford's GPS Tracking Speed

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Ford's GPS Tracking Speed
Short Title Ford's GPS System Tracks When the Driver is Speeding
Location Global
Date January 2014

Solove Harm Surveillance, Aggregation, Exclusion
Information Identifying, Computer Device, Location
Threat Actors Ford

Individuals
Affected Ford drivers
High Risk Groups Driver
Tangible Harms Changed Behavior, Incarceration

Fords GPS systems tracks when the driver is exceeding the speed limit.

Description

Because of the GPS units installed in Ford vehicles, Ford knows when many of its drivers are speeding, and where they are while they're doing it.Surveillance

Trying to describe how much data Ford has on its customersAggregation, company's global VP/Marketing and Sales said: "We know everyone who breaks the law, we know when you're doing it. We have GPS in your car, so we know what you're doing."

Laws and Regulations

Sources

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-exec-gps-2014-1?r=DE&IR=T