[privacy] E-ZPass reveals "off-ramp to adultery"

[Larry Seltzer]

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E-ZPass reveals "off-ramp to adultery"

Divorce lawyers use toll records to show marital infidelity
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/11/07
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON - Adulterers, beware: Your cheatin' heart might be exposed by
E-ZPass.

E-ZPass and other electronic toll collection systems are emerging as a
powerful means of proving infidelity. That's because when your spouse
doesn't know where you've been, E-ZPass does.

"E-ZPass is an easy pass to go directly to divorce court, because it's
an easy way to show you took the off-ramp to adultery," said Jacalyn
Barnett, a New York divorce lawyer who has used E-ZPass records a few
times.

Lynne Gold-Bikin, a Pennsylvania divorce lawyer, said E-ZPass helped
prove a client's husband was being unfaithful: "He claimed he was in a
business meeting in Pennsylvania. And I had records to show he went to
New Jersey that night."
 
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Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
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Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
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