http://canton.elegal.ca/2009/11/17/pervasive-connectivity-revolution/ eLegal Canton: technology law blog by a Canadian information technology and intellectual property law lawyer and trade-mark agent dealing with issues including software, copyright, privacy, the Internet, electronic commerce, computers Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://canton.elegal.ca/2009/11/17/pervasive-connectivity-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-3401 Donald B. Johnston Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:28:40 +0000 http://canton.elegal.ca/?p=1544#comment-3401 Connectivity for cars using "smart" GPS is about to become a reality in Europe. De Standaard, a Belgian newspaper, has carried a number of stories on the subject recently and even conducted a poll in which almost one thousand Belgians polled were in favour of road tolling through the use of "smart" GPS. Take a look, for example, at http://www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl/actueel/nieuws/kilometerprijsmeestemensengaanminderbetalen.aspx, which contains the announcement of the relevant government department. (It's in Dutch; sorry.) This will present interesting challenges for privacy and data security under circumstances where members of the public will be concerned about Big Brother tracking them by satellite. It is worth looking at a blog by Bern Grush, who is a leader in the area of GPS based road tolling. His blog, called Grush Hour, is located at www.grushhour.blogspot.com. Interesting reading. Connectivity for cars using “smart” GPS is about to become a reality in Europe. De Standaard, a Belgian newspaper, has carried a number of stories on the subject recently and even conducted a poll in which almost one thousand Belgians polled were in favour of road tolling through the use of “smart” GPS. Take a look, for example, at http://www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl/actueel/nieuws/kilometerprijsmeestemensengaanminderbetalen.aspx, which contains the announcement of the relevant government department. (It’s in Dutch; sorry.)
This will present interesting challenges for privacy and data security under circumstances where members of the public will be concerned about Big Brother tracking them by satellite.
It is worth looking at a blog by Bern Grush, who is a leader in the area of GPS based road tolling. His blog, called Grush Hour, is located at http://www.grushhour.blogspot.com. Interesting reading.

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