Driving Big Brother
June 22, 2005 – 18:14 pmThe government plans to release new rules for controversial car black boxes this summer, according to a spokesman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Contrary to expectations, the rules don’t require automakers to install the boxes in every car, but they do require the boxes to record a minimum of 29 pieces of data, more than most black boxes currently record.
In a nod to privacy concerns, the rules require automakers to disclose in the owner’s manual when a car has a black box and why it’s there. But privacy advocates say they’re disappointed that the rules don’t limit the amount of data the boxes can record or address concerns about how recorded data can be collected or used.
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