Do GPS fleet tracking systems invade privacy?
In 1983, the United States Supreme Court ruled in US vs. Knotts (460 US 276) that “One has a lesser expectation of privacy in a motor vehicle because its function is transportation, and it seldom serves as one’s residence or as the repository of personal effects. A car has little capacity for escaping public scrutiny. It travels public thoroughfares where both its occupants and contents are in plain view”. As you can see, in the United States, automobile privacy is not an open issue. If you “own” the vehicle or heavy equipment, it is your right to install a security and online vehicle fleet tracking device in it.
