Things to know before buying a GPS tracker
A Global Positioning System or GPS tracker, for its acronym in English, is a system that allows you to locate an object anywhere in the world. GPS trackers can be used to locate pets, people, and of course vehicles.
GPS trackers work through a network of approximately 25 satellites with synchronized trajectories that rotate on the Earth to be able to locate the exact point as well as the movement of anything carried by one of these devices.
Thanks to these devices, we can know where our car is located. The newer GPS trackers work through mobile applications that will help us to know where the device is. This is very useful if we want to prevent theft or, for example, for companies in which their employees use their vehicles, as well as for people who work with fleets of vehicles.
In addition, the navigation systems that we frequently use almost daily to move from one place to another and find out the best route, work thanks to the GPS that is included in practically any smartphone.
What is a spy GPS?
Currently there are GPS locators on the market for cars as small as a cigarette lighter. This means that it can be placed anywhere without the need for another person to notice it, which is why some people use these devices to track vehicles that are driven by other people.
Is it legal to put a spy GPS in a car that someone else is driving?
In most countries it is legal as long as the GPS is used in a company which has a fleet of cars, and it is only activated during working hours. Once the working hours are over, the company must not in any way interfere with the privacy of its employees, including their location by means of a GPS tracker. In addition, the company has the obligation to expressly and precisely inform its employees of the implementation of this system as well as its purpose.