DC SmartTrip Cards Cause Privacy Concerns
“According to documents obtained by EPIC through the Freedom of Information Act, the SmarTrip card can record a Metro passenger’s time of arrival in the Metro system, the passenger’s destination and the amount of time the passenger spends traveling from point to point.
It even records the gate through which a passenger leaves the station.
But transit officials say they have addressed the privacy issues with a policy expected to be passed by the Metro board at its monthly meeting Thursday. “