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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] 'Big Brother' in your car
  • Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:43:41 -0700 (PDT)

"Black box on board
New standards for automotive "big brother" take effect in 2012


...........All data recorded by the EDR technically are owned by the vehicle
owner or lessee, but every manufacturer has adopted a variation of a policy
spelled out in most owner's manuals that says data will be released only with
the permission of the owner or under court order to third parties and
law-enforcement officers. Safety agencies also may have access to the data
with vehicle owners' permission.

Although NHTSA's policymaking led to an industry standard for EDR data
collection, which will allow far wider use of the gathered information, the
agency did nothing to place additional restraints on the use of the
information. .........

But Jim Baxter, president of the watchdog National Motorists Association,
noted that this does nothing to constrain law-enforcement accident
investigators, private eyes and other interested parties-such as
manufacturers and insurance companies-from getting a court order to download
the information.

"NHTSA did issue a rule that the units must generate specific information,"
Baxter said, "but that doesn't prevent them from collecting more information.
There's pretty much no limit on what they can collect."........... "



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  • [Homestead] 'Big Brother' in your car, bob ford, 10/20/2008

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