Automatic Vehicle Tracking
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The term Automatic Vehicle Tracking refers to schemes, such as that proposed http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22749-1895483,00.html by the UK's Transport Secretary Alistair Darling
, in which vehicle movements are subject to involuntary mass surveillance
enabled by technology rather than through use of, for example, police officers to observe vehicle movements.
The technology has been used on a voluntary basis to secure expensive vehicles with support provided by the private sector.
may be multiplied by the combined effects of several other human-rights compromises. Specifically, the proposal follows legislation and proposed legislation to enable Data retention
, and prohibition on the incitement to religious hatred both of which threaten the right to free speech, and free association.
Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...
, in which vehicle movements are subject to involuntary mass surveillance
Mass surveillance
Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.Modern governments today commonly perform mass surveillance of their citizens, explaining that they believe that it is necessary to protect them from dangerous groups such as terrorists,...
enabled by technology rather than through use of, for example, police officers to observe vehicle movements.
The technology has been used on a voluntary basis to secure expensive vehicles with support provided by the private sector.
The UK Scheme
The UK scheme has been officially described as a measure to prevent congestion by enabling targeted per-mile road charging. Some have speculated that the effect of the measure on civil libertiesCivil liberties
Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labour, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right...
may be multiplied by the combined effects of several other human-rights compromises. Specifically, the proposal follows legislation and proposed legislation to enable Data retention
Data retention
Data retention defines the policies of persistent data and records management for meeting legal and business data archival requirements. A data retention policy weighs legal and privacy concerns against economics and need to know concerns to determine both the retention time, archival rules, data...
, and prohibition on the incitement to religious hatred both of which threaten the right to free speech, and free association.