TomTom sells user data to police

[akugami]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/27/tomtom-user-data-sold-to-danish-police-used-to-determine-ideal/

Apparently TomTom has been caught selling user data to the Danish police force. The data has been anonymized so no person is being outed as speeding. The data will be used for the implementing of speed traps.

I always preferred Garmin but had no problem using a TomTom if it was cheaper. Guess who will never get my business now.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

No uproar about this?

 

[cheezy321]

I am sure this happens MUCH more than we ever imagined. If you are worried about privacy, this is a scary time to live in.

 

[WelshBloke]

Tomtom are pretty rubbish as a company anyway.

They were the one of the first and best satnav companies but being ridiculously slow to support new OSs and actually sell their product (there was a time the only way to get it was to pirate it, they refused to sell to the public. I gave in mailing them and bought route66) has seen them piss most of their market away.

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[metalmania]

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