INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS, ("IVHS") INVOLVE ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND SOMETIMES IDENTIFICATION OF AND COMMUNICATION WITH MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY, EFFICIENCY AND CONVENIENCE. IVHS APPLICATIONS HOLD ENORMOUS PROMISE FOR THE DRIVING PUBLIC AND FOR SOCIETY. IVHS APPLICATIONS, HOWEVER, ALSO RAISE NUMEROUS, SIGNIFICANT PRIVACY ISSUES.

THE EXTENT TO WHICH IVHS APPLICATIONS RAISE PRIVACY ISSUES TURN ON WHETHER AN IVHS APPLICATION WILL IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC VEHICLE OR OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE; WHETHER INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE IVHS APPLICATIONS WILL BE DATABASED -- I.E. WILL GENERATE A RECORD WHICH IS MAINTAINED IN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM; AND WHETHER IVHS APPLICATIONS AND DATABASES WILL BE OPERATED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (PRESUMABLY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES) OR BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THE PAPER BRIEFLY DESCRIBES MANY OF THE POTENTIAL IVHS APPLICATIONS AND NOTES THE IMPORTANT SOCIETAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM IVHS IMPLEMENTATION. THE PAPER IDENTIFIES THE TWO GENERIC PRIVACY INTERESTS THAT CERTAIN IVHS APPLICATIONS MAY THREATEN: (1) AN INTEREST IN AVOIDING OR MINIMIZING SURVEILLANCE AND A LOSS OF ANONYMITY AND (2) AN INTEREST IN CONTROLLING OR PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS ABOUT THE USE AN INDIVIDUAL'S OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION. ">THE EXTENT TO WHICH IVHS APPLICATIONS RAISE PRIVACY ISSUES TURN ON WHETHER AN IVHS APPLICATION WILL IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC VEHICLE OR OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE; WHETHER INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE IVHS APPLICATIONS WILL BE DATABASED -- I.E. WILL GENERATE A RECORD WHICH IS MAINTAINED IN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM; AND WHETHER IVHS APPLICATIONS AND DATABASES WILL BE OPERATED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (PRESUMABLY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES) OR BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THE PAPER BRIEFLY DESCRIBES MANY OF THE POTENTIAL IVHS APPLICATIONS AND NOTES THE IMPORTANT SOCIETAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM IVHS IMPLEMENTATION. THE PAPER IDENTIFIES THE TWO GENERIC PRIVACY INTERESTS THAT CERTAIN IVHS APPLICATIONS MAY THREATEN: (1) AN INTEREST IN AVOIDING OR MINIMIZING SURVEILLANCE AND A LOSS OF ANONYMITY AND (2) AN INTEREST IN CONTROLLING OR PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS ABOUT THE USE AN INDIVIDUAL'S OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION. ">KEYWORDS:


LEGAL ISSUES

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS, ("IVHS") INVOLVE ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND SOMETIMES IDENTIFICATION OF AND COMMUNICATION WITH MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY, EFFICIENCY AND CONVENIENCE. IVHS APPLICATIONS HOLD ENORMOUS PROMISE FOR THE DRIVING PUBLIC AND FOR SOCIETY. IVHS APPLICATIONS, HOWEVER, ALSO RAISE NUMEROUS, SIGNIFICANT PRIVACY ISSUES.

THE EXTENT TO WHICH IVHS APPLICATIONS RAISE PRIVACY ISSUES TURN ON WHETHER AN IVHS APPLICATION WILL IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC VEHICLE OR OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE; WHETHER INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE IVHS APPLICATIONS WILL BE DATABASED -- I.E. WILL GENERATE A RECORD WHICH IS MAINTAINED IN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM; AND WHETHER IVHS APPLICATIONS AND DATABASES WILL BE OPERATED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (PRESUMABLY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES) OR BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THE PAPER BRIEFLY DESCRIBES MANY OF THE POTENTIAL IVHS APPLICATIONS AND NOTES THE IMPORTANT SOCIETAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM IVHS IMPLEMENTATION. THE PAPER IDENTIFIES THE TWO GENERIC PRIVACY INTERESTS THAT CERTAIN IVHS APPLICATIONS MAY THREATEN: (1) AN INTEREST IN AVOIDING OR MINIMIZING SURVEILLANCE AND A LOSS OF ANONYMITY AND (2) AN INTEREST IN CONTROLLING OR PARTICIPATING IN DECISIONS ABOUT THE USE AN INDIVIDUAL'S OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION.