Some European police departments are getting tips for traffic cameras placement, and those tips are coming right from inside the cars of drivers who own TomTom GPS devices.
George Deboer, TomTom Senior Manager explains how the data collection was designed to provide information to improve the infrastructure, not for traffic enforcement.
Bernhard Jens explains that police are using the anonymous data from TomTom.
GPS company TomTom has been selling realtime traffic data from its vehicle users to police departments. A new software license will exclude police departments from using the data for traffic enforcement.
Reaction from Tessa Rijn and Taifun Topcu of Utrecht, Netherlands.
In the United States four senators are calling for makers of smartphone apps to stop providing applications that allow users to track speed traps and DUI checkpoints.