March 8, 2009
Mobile Spouse Snooping is illegal
Monitoring a cheating partner may be possible but it also could be illegal in Australia - and elsewhere. Mark Russell reports for the The Sydney Morning Herald.
A mobile phone monitoring service using GPS satellite technology is being promoted by private investigators as an easy way to catch out cheating spouses, but the Australian Consumers' Association warns it is illegal.
Association spokesman Christopher Zinn said the "target" had to give their consent before being tracked.
He urged consumers to be wary of any private investigators offering mobile monitoring services because they did not accept liability.
Under the Surveillance Devices Act, anyone caught using tracking devices or spy cameras without consent faces a maximum penalty of two years' jail and a $26,429 fine.
An Australian company, Spousebusters, which claims to be "specialists in busting cheating spouses", offers clients "mobile phone monitoring software" for Series 60 (Nokia, LG and Samsung), Blackberry and Windows mobile devices.
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