A major auto finance company is quietly scoping the legality of using GPS tracking devices in vehicles it finances. Maine’s Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection received a query from a company outside the state. The finance company’s lawyer says GPS devices will be used to analyze the car purchaser’s driving patterns to determine if it matches a baseline of expected behavior. Privacy advocates have been vocal in their opposition to the unchecked used of GPS devices for consumer tracking and law-enforcement purposes. A growing number of car dealers too are believed to be using hidden GPS devices to monitor vehicles sold to people with poor credit.”]
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