Toyota Must Face Privacy Invasion Allegations Over GPS Device

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. must face allegations that it invaded a former employee’s privacy by placing a GPS device on a company-leased truck without his permission, an Oregon appeals court ruled.

The Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon overturned Toyota’s victory in a lower court summary judgment order that found no one had accessed data from the GPS device.

Appeals Judge Josephine Mooney ruled that even if no one accessed the information, the data was still collected, and “there was actual monitoring.”

The decision shows that even installing a GPS device in Oregon without notice can lead to ...