RE: Getting consumers' consent to sell cellphone trackin g data

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 it's the principle that it sets.  I don't want any date of mine of any kind
sent to anyone that I don't know it's being sent to.  Usually if I'm asked,
I'll refuse the request anyway, so they might as well make it an OPT in
system and see how many people actually sign up.

  In any case, I smell a class action lawsuit coming quickly...  If they can
send my position to anyone they wish without saying who I am, they can
certainly just as easy send who I am along with that info.

  All the more reason that I have the GPS "feature" of my cell phone turned
off.  If I could destroy it, the GPS feature, I certainly would.  This is
also the same reason that I have my Onstar unplugged too.  I'm not paying
for it, so why have it turned on to begin with... The theives that stole my
truck showed me how to disable OnStar very easily (well, they showed me
indirectly when I saw how they did it when I got my truck back), so I keep
it unplugged....

  Nope, I have ZERO to hide, I am not a criminal by any means.... I just
*really* disapprove of Big Brother watching... Unless I'M the big brother
that's doing the watching on my network, etc ;-)

 Mike B


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I 
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 
email:  Blanchard_Michael () EMC COM 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Anthony Rodgers
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:24 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Getting consumers' consent to sell cellphone tracking
data

Can I chip in here?

If the positioning data is unaccompanied by any personally identifying 
information whatsoever, what harm?

Regards,
-- 
Anthony Rodgers
Business Systems Analyst
District of North Vancouver
Web: http://www.dnv.org
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On Nov 29, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Richard M. Smith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The Baltimore Sun and New York Times recently ran articles about the 
> State
> of Maryland getting ready to roll out a traffic flow monitoring system 
> which
> works by tracking the position of cellphones which are being carried in
> cars.  The Baltimore Sun article is still online at this URL:
>
>    Cell phone data tracing traffic in Md.
>    System 'watches' vehicles, raises fears about privacy
>    http://tinyurl.com/7we6q
>
> Virginia and Missouri are also about ready to test similar systems.
>
> I want to see a requirement put into place that wireless companies 
> must get
> a customer's written consent before any of  their cellphone position 
> data is
> turned over to a third-party for any uses not related to making 
> cellphone
> calls.
>
> I recent contacted the Maryland Highway Department and requested a 
> copy of
> the contract for the system.  The contract is now online as a Word 
> document
> file on my Web site:
>
>    http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/mdotcontract.doc
>
> I haven't had time to review the contract yet, but I did see that the 
> funds
> for this Maryland project are coming from the Federal Highway 
> Administration
> (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/).  Perhaps the FHWA are the folks who should 
> be
> requiring consumers to provide consent to have their cellphone 
> position data
> sold to other companies.
>
> Richard M. Smith
> http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
>
>
>
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