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Suppose a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research firm is approached by the state legislature and asked to provide data about vehicle movement within the state for all cars that can be tracked with direct GPS or through the owner's smartphone. Based on the movement of the cars (and phones) over a certain time, the police can decide when a car was speeding. They intend on using this data to send speeding tickets to those who moved too far, too fast. Also, if an underage driver spends too long parked by an adult only establishment, police will be notified to investigate. If you are the research firm, would you supply the data?

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Answer:

No. I would not supply the data.

Step-by-step explanation:

Was the GIS research firm commissioned by the state legislature? The state lacks the authority to demand the GIS information. Moreover, the data subjects did not give their consent for the information to be used for this purpose. It will be a violation of data privacy rules to provide the data when the consents of the data subjects were not obtained.

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