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<\/p>\nOn July 1st, 2015 Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed the GPS Privacy Act into law. This new state law criminalizes the use of GPS devices to track a person’s location without their consent.<\/p>\n
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This new privacy bill is intended to protect people from stalkers and harrassment.<\/p>\n
Under the new law, anyone who places a GPS enabled device on another person’s vehicle without that person’s consent could face criminal charges.<\/p>\n
The law makes the placing of a GPS tracking device on someone else’s vehicle without their consent a criminal misdemeanor.<\/p>\n
Anyone who is caught violating the law can be punished with up to a nine month prison sentence along with a $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin State Senator Jerry Petrowski said that the new law was needed due to the widespread availability of GPS technology that can be used to monitor the movement of people.<\/p>\n
Petrowski noted that Wisconsin state laws had to catch up to the advance in technology in order to protect the privacy of the state’s citizens.<\/p>\n
The new anti-GPS tracking law includes exceptions for police as well as parents and guardians who want to track children under the age of 18.<\/p>\n
The law also exempts businesses that use the technology to track employees who drive company-owned vehicles.<\/p>\n
Police still must obtain a warrant to use GPS devices to track people and businesses are allowed to track their fleets of company vehicles.<\/p>\n
In addition, the law exempts lienholders of vehicles who want to use GPS tracking technology to monitor any vehicles that they own.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin’s new GPS law covers any device that could be used to track a person without their consent, including smart phones and mobile devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On July 1st, 2015 Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed the GPS Privacy Act into law. This new state law criminalizes the use of GPS devices to track a person’s location without their consent. This new privacy bill is intended to protect people from stalkers and harrassment. Under the new law, anyone who places a GPS […]<\/p>\n