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Somebody explain to me how discounts on a car require a dealership to relinquish access to their computer systems?

joe tirio - Wednesday, August 05, 2009
By now you've heard of the government's CARS or 'Cash for Clunkers' program that provides rich rebates to car dealers to recycle old, inefficient cars. What you may not know is that If you've done business with a dealer that uses the program, they have had to agree to allow the government full access to their computer and its records. Specifically, the user agreement states:

"This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government. Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized CARS, DoT, and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign."

Chances are good that very few dealerships read the user agreement and I'm sure the government doesn't allow them to say No and still participate in the program.

There are two lessons her. The first is that you really have to read user agreements and privacy statements. At least give them a quick look for any obvious issues. The second lesson comes from the time-worn axiom "there is no free lunch". I would add to that, sometimes the price is not so obvious.



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