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Daily Dashboard | California law raises debate between car rental companies and privacy advocates Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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In California, a debate over the use of GPS to track stolen vehicles is at the center of a larger debate between car rental companies and privacy advocates, The Washington Post reports. State law now prohibits rental companies from engaging GPS technology until a vehicle has been missing for at least five days past its return date. While rental company owners claim the law has resulted in a dramatic uptick in car thefts, privacy advocates are concerned that changing the law could lead to privacy abuses, including the collection of valuable consumer data for profit. Currently, State Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, is working on a bill that would reduce the waiting period to three days. (Registration may be required to access this story.) Editor's Note: The IAPP recently published the third edition of Lothar Determann's California Privacy Law.
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