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Slashdot discusses a story named GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police. Their summary: ""The GPS systems in TomTom's Live range all feature built-in 3G data cards, which feed location and route information back to a central server. According to CNET, this data, along with users' speed information, is being made available to local governments and the police." From the article: "Knowing the cops can see where you're driving and how fast you're going is eye-opening stuff, but TomTom says the data is anonymous and can never be traced back to an individual user or device. [...]""

The same geonews was mentioned by The Map Room and links to TomTom's CEO Official Statement on TomTom’s Customer Data Usage Policy: "We are now aware that the police have used traffic information that you have helped to create to place speed cameras at dangerous locations where the average speed is higher than the legally allowed speed limit. We are aware a lot of our customers do not like the idea and we will look at if we should allow this type of usage."