Tom Tom Sells GPS Info To Dutch Cops 204

Posted by Soulskill on Monday May 02, 2011 @01:44PM from the whole-different-kind-of-public-relations dept.

jfruhlinger writes "As smartphones with GPS capabilities wear away at the dedicated GPS market, vendors like Tom Tom need to find new revenue streams. Tom Tom decided it would be a good idea to 'share' (i.e., sell) aggregated data from their users to Dutch law enforcement. The company claims they assumed that the data would be used to improve traffic safety and road engineering, and were shocked, shocked to discover that instead the police used it to figure out the best places to put speed traps."

Tom Tom Sells GPS Info To Dutch Cops

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Again? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 02, 2011 @01:46PM (#36002212)

Did this story come from the Department of Redundancy Department?

Re:good (Score:5, Funny)

by MikeDirnt69 ( 1105185 ) writes: on Monday May 02, 2011 @01:53PM (#36002324) Homepage

Cars that kill people? You mean Christine?

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