TELEMATICS EVIDENCE
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Although telernatics Is often seen as another example of 'Big Brother'-style tactics, we are still some way from it being used in a legal situation, Navrnan Wireless reports that every month, it receives three or four requests from police forces for tracking data. The data is protected under the Data Protection Act and, as Navman MN Tony Neil points out, actually belongs to the customer. "So far, we haven't had an issue with these requests and, indeed, in virtually all the cases, it is our customers who are asking us to help the police." The location data cannot be used in court, he points out, because the tracking device is not calibrated. "It is usually a question of the police collecting material as part of their investigations." Navrnan always requires written authorisation from its customers, and to identify the date and time, the tracking data is required.