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Hertz Adds Video and Audio Monitoring "Features"

3/22/2015

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Hertz, one of the world's largest car rental companies, has added a new feature to its cars. Cars equipped with version 6 of the company's "NeverLost" navigation systems include a camera and microphone directed at the driver, and which cannot be disabled by the renter.

California law mandates all party knowledge and consent to AUDIO recording (video is still the unregulated Wild West for now).

According to a report in C|Net:

"A report in Fusion added to the consternation. Hertz told Fusion that around one out of every eight of its cars had the cameras installed. But no, no, the company wasn't actually going to use them.

Was this because it sensed that this might be seen as a painful intrusion? Not quite. A Hertz spokeswoman told Fusion: "We do not have adequate bandwidth capabilities to the car to support streaming video at this time."

So it's only the tech that's holding Hertz back from keep tabs on its renters?"


Source: C|Net

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