The rules governing the collection, dissemination, and protection of this information have not yet been settled, although the decision-making process is already fairly far along. The privacy principles currently being distributed in draft form by ITS America envision broad secondary use of ITS information about individuals for marketing purposes, specifying only that marketers must notify drivers of these secondary uses and provide them with an opportunity to opt out. The idea is that marketers might pitch offers to consumers based in part on where they drive, or even upon where their cars are now located ITS Privacy Principles . It doesn't sound to bad till you read it carefully. They mainly use broad and undefined terms when refering to the protection of privacy.
Nothing is mentioned about a global opt-out.
Business News from Wired News Please Insert More Money . Quarters may be fine coinage for parking meters and laundromats, but they may no longer buy a local phone call, thanks to the activation today of federal rules deregulating the pay telephone industry. In fact, most states that beat the Feds to the deregulation punch have seen the cost of a call go up U.S. seen as uniquely vulnerable to electronic attack . Suddenly, electric power goes off. Or telephones go dead.