Senate Bill 360 Summary

• Requires wireless service providers to inform customers at point of sale that GPS tracking can be deactivated, including providing a separate written document that must be signed and dated by the subscriber.

• Mandates providers establish a dedicated phone hotline and email address to provide instructions for deactivating location-based services and to process deactivation requests.

• Makes failure to provide GPS deactivation notifications a deceptive act enforceable by the Indiana Attorney General with civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation.

• Criminalizes unauthorized GPS tracking of another person as a Class A misdemeanor, with eight exceptions including warrant-based tracking, parental consent for children, consent from the tracked person, emergency response, and tracking of stolen devices.

• Effective July 1, 2012.