<story><title>Hertz puts cameras in its rental cars, says it has no plans to use them</title><url>http://fusion.net/story/61741/hertz-cameras-in-rental-cars/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>downandout</author><text>It is illegal to film someone without their knowledge in any area where they have an expectation of privacy.  This is why, as mentioned in the article, Corvette owners were told not to use the valet video feature in their cars.  As for the author&amp;#x27;s concerns about audio, it is even more restricted than video.  So, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be too worried about this...until a senator manages to work a law allowing rental car companies to do this into a random spending bill.</text></item><item><author>dragonwriter</author><text>If it really has no plans to use them and has spent money putting them in its cars, HTZ shareholders should be furious.&lt;p&gt;But, I suspect &amp;quot;has no plans to use them&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;is not prepared to publicly disclose its plans for using them at this time&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Actually, the article indicates that they had very firm ideas of &lt;i&gt;how&lt;/i&gt; they would be used (for two-way video streaming contact with agents from the device), but that they have &amp;quot;no plans&amp;quot; to use them based on the fact that they currently have insufficient infrastructure -- particularly, in terms of data bandwidth to the car -- to support the intended use.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Fuzzwah</author><text>Surely fine print on your rental agreement could let you know you could be filmed.</text></comment>
<story><title>Hertz puts cameras in its rental cars, says it has no plans to use them</title><url>http://fusion.net/story/61741/hertz-cameras-in-rental-cars/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>downandout</author><text>It is illegal to film someone without their knowledge in any area where they have an expectation of privacy.  This is why, as mentioned in the article, Corvette owners were told not to use the valet video feature in their cars.  As for the author&amp;#x27;s concerns about audio, it is even more restricted than video.  So, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be too worried about this...until a senator manages to work a law allowing rental car companies to do this into a random spending bill.</text></item><item><author>dragonwriter</author><text>If it really has no plans to use them and has spent money putting them in its cars, HTZ shareholders should be furious.&lt;p&gt;But, I suspect &amp;quot;has no plans to use them&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;is not prepared to publicly disclose its plans for using them at this time&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Actually, the article indicates that they had very firm ideas of &lt;i&gt;how&lt;/i&gt; they would be used (for two-way video streaming contact with agents from the device), but that they have &amp;quot;no plans&amp;quot; to use them based on the fact that they currently have insufficient infrastructure -- particularly, in terms of data bandwidth to the car -- to support the intended use.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>drzaiusapelord</author><text>Why can&amp;#x27;t Chevy put in some kind of &amp;quot;beep beep you are being recorded in valet mode&amp;quot; warning when the door is open and that mode is on. That would cover any reasonable case here.</text></comment>