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I can guarantee a company the size of Hertz has the means to track the car via GPS or other means. If they really need to track the car (or me) down, they can f

I can guarantee a company the size of Hertz has the means to track the car via GPS or other means. If they really need to track the car (or me) down, they can find it (us). Having the contact info of the person I'm staying with is completely unnecessary. It's an invasion of privacy of a completely unrelated third party to our agreement.

syspec 5y ago
How can you guarantee that?
- brewdad 5y ago
  Both of my cars have that feature and I didn't even ask for it. Car rental companies are absolutely asking for it. It might add $20 to the price of the car.
  - syspec 5y ago
    That's still not an actual guarantee.
duxup 5y ago
Maybe they just wanted to know where they could reach you if you’re phone wasn’t working?
- brewdad 5y ago
  Why would they need to reach me? If they really need to, they can ping the OnStar system, or whatever proprietary system is built into basically every new vehicle. This is assuming they don't add their own tracking system after taking delivery. A company the size of Hertz can absolutely know where every car they own is at any point in time. It doesn't mean that every employee can just look it up for fun but the info is available to those who need it.
  - duxup 5y ago
    Maybe they just need a alt number to call rather than something like on star? I think you’re over complicating it.