How a lobsterman's privacy fight reached SCOTUS — and could ripple far beyond the water: 'Ain't over yet'

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According to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (Maine DMR), the devices collect a boat’s location once per minute while moving and every six hours while docked. The tracking doesn’t stop there, Thompson said, with the device collecting data even during personal trips, a key concern in his case.

 

How a lobsterman's privacy fight reached SCOTUS — and could ripple far beyond the water: 'Ain't over yet'
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According to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (Maine DMR), the devices collect a boat’s location once per minute while moving and every six hours while docked. The tracking doesn’t stop there, Thompson said, with the device collecting data even during personal trips, a key concern in his case.

While I have a lot of sympathy for his position, if he's using his lobster fishing boat for personal trips, he has other problems associated with using business assets for personal use. There are both tax and legal implications of doing that and I'd be surprised if he is doing it in a way that is proper and protecting himself from those implications.