Is the user of a satellite-based tolling system under constant observation – “Big Brother” effect?
While – as a matter of principle – it is always necessary and unavoidable for systems with road-based infrastructure and DSRC tags to create a central movement profile of all vehicles required to pay toll, if they are situated on a toll road, only smart GNSS clients are able to ensure full data privacy while producing a maximum level of user transparency at the same time. Privacy protection is a particularly important aspect when it comes to tolls – both from a legal perspective and also with regard to acceptance by the public. A frequently voiced concern is comprehensive and full monitoring of all movements of users as a result of continuous positioning. In the case of the “Smart client OBU”, the toll road network is stored in the local memory of the OBU. The comparison with the actual route taken already takes place in the OBU. As a result, the use of toll roads is already determined in the OBU and the data is passed on to data processing center. The “Smart client OBU” independently
