96 Alerts From the PRIVACY Tag

NMA E-Newsletter #171: Black Box Data—A Cautionary Tale

April 15, 2012 • BLACK BOX, CELL PHONE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, EVENT DATA RECORDER, GPS TRACKING, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY

Imagine being in a two-car accident that not only totaled your vehicle, but also made you uninsurable at any sort of reasonable cost because the blame for the collision was placed squarely on your sore shoulders. Nothing too unusual about that, ri…

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NMA E-Newsletter #167: Members Weigh In on Pay as You Drive Auto Insurance

March 18, 2012 • BLACK BOX, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GPS TRACKING, INSURANCE, LICENSE, NEWSLETTER, PAYD, PRIVACY, SPEED CAMERA

NMA members are never shy about sharing their opinions. Our recent E-newsletter on Pay as You Drive (PAYD) auto insurance (#165: The Trade-Offs of “Pay as You Drive” Auto Insurance), spurred many to respond with their own thoughtful and provocativ…

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NMA E-Newsletter #166 – DNA Sampling at Traffic Stops: Ways to Protect Your Privacy

March 11, 2012 • DNA, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LICENSE, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, ROADBLOCK, TRAFFIC STOP

In a recent E-newsletter (#163, DNA Sampling for Motorists: The Latest Threat to Privacy) we reviewed the case of People v. Thomas in which a motorist was subjected to DNA testing without his knowledge or consent. The court denied his motion to su…

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NMA E-Newsletter #165: The Trade-Offs of “Pay as You Drive” Auto Insurance

March 4, 2012 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GPS TRACKING, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, PAYD, PRIVACY, TICKET CAMERA

You can hardly channel surf these days without encountering the ubiquitous Flo, the over-caffeinated cheerleader for Progressive Auto Insurance. More often than not, she’s hawking the company’s Snapshot program. Snapshot uses an in-car monitoring …

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NMA E-Newsletter #163 – DNA Sampling for Motorists: The Latest Threat to Privacy

February 19, 2012 • CALIFORNIA, CELL PHONE, DNA, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FLORIDA, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEWSLETTER, PRIVACY, TRAFFIC STOP

Drivers face all kinds of threats to their privacy, and one area sure to garner increasing scrutiny is the collection of DNA samples during traffic stops. A recent example comes from California with the case of People v. Thomas. Motorist Troy Cors…

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