IP: MTA gives court toll-use data

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:27:48 -0400
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> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: MTA gives court toll-use data
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> MTA gives court toll-use data
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> Spurs privacy fears about Fast Lane
>
> By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff, 8/13/2001
>
> The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority said it has turned over motorist
> Fast Lane records to criminal prosecutors under a recent court order,
> marking the first time the tollbooth technology has been used for
> law-enforcement surveillance in the state.
>
> The disclosure, by an MTA spokesman on Friday, underscores privacy
> concerns related to the automatic toll-collection system, an area the
> MTA has done little to address since Fast Lane was installed in 1998.
>
> <http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/225/business/MTA_gives_court_toll_use
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