Legal position?

helpimcrap · 22 Sep 2013 at 13:49

Curious about this.

Where do you stand regarding trackers on a car?
Obviously for insurance they are ok.

This is purely theoretical - what if i put a tracking transmitter on a car without the owner knowing about it? I know all the human rights rubbish (invasion of privacy etc but if they weren't doing anything illegal then no issue? ) but was wondering if the reason it was done would override that based on the result being an infringement and huge crime? I've never done anything illegal and would never intentionally harm anyone- I am the nice guy looking out for a few defenceless people.

Won't do it, just curious from a responsible person aspect. Is it better to know about something and try to correct it or tell people who can't do anything about it anyway?

Fuzz · 22 Sep 2013 at 15:27

Ignore that.. US info not relevant..

Searched more on UK specifics and came across this..

You are not obligated to tell a person you are tracking if you are genuinely doing it to try and stop or prevent a crime.

Could you use that?

From > http://www.gps-tracker.org.uk/gps-tracking-law/

Matt82 · 22 Sep 2013 at 15:59

It's illegal, can't remember why, but you can't do it

fornowagain · 22 Sep 2013 at 16:05

You could accidentally leave a phone in the car?

Housey · 22 Sep 2013 at 16:34

This is the one that was left on my RS4 by some baddies

Hyburnate · 22 Sep 2013 at 16:39

It's illegal if it's not your car/don't have the owners consent.

@Housey were they planning on stealing it or was that after you got it back?

Housey · 22 Sep 2013 at 16:40

Hyburnate said:
It's illegal if it's not your car/don't have the owners consent.

@Housey were they planning on stealing it or was that after you got it back?

They were planning on stealing it and now they are eating prison food, 4 of them.

MissChief · 22 Sep 2013 at 17:35

Housey said:
They were planning on stealing it and now they are eating prison food, 4 of them.

And watching Sky TV? Good result though. How did you find it?

Housey · 22 Sep 2013 at 17:43

MissChief said:
And watching Sky TV? Good result though. How did you find it?

Some nice people from West Midlands serious crime squad found it for me, which was nice of them. They had managed to gain access to laptops with the tracking program on it and bingo, my RS4 was being tracked. I then helped them locate it as it as I had access to stuff that made that easy